Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott
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"Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" by Walter Scott is a study published in 1830 that surveys beliefs about witchcraft, ghosts, and the supernatural from Biblical times to the 19th century. Written as informal letters to his son-in-law, Scott draws on extensive folklore research to present supernatural anecdotes while analyzing them through a rationalist lens. The work examines how ignorance and prejudice fueled belief in demons and witches, and how witch hunts often
targeted heretics and political enemies. This pioneering work influenced Victorian Gothic fiction and helped shape modern anthropological approaches to folklore. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 |
| LoC No. | 41030605 |
| Title | Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_on_Demonology_and_Witchcraft |
| Credits |
Etext Produced by Clare Boothby, Paul Moots and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 43.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis |
| Subject | Demonology |
| Subject | Witchcraft |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 14461 |
| Release Date | Dec 25, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1495 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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