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The religious system of China, its ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, custom and social institutions connected therewith (1892)

Groot, J. J. M. de (Jan Jakob Maria), 1854-1921 · Leyden : E. J. Brill · leaf 21

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ainin the threshing-floor, they suddenly hear a noise in the air.*There is the spectre again, the old man cries, terror-stricken,and he takes to his heels, everybody following his example. The #^ 4^ ^ U I^ ^ ^ , iP Itt; li -t^. Yang Oman pih ^^^^^, a small collection of miscellanies relating to the… … An Attack of a Spectre. — the demon snaps at his forehead, and vanishes. A SPECTRE HAUNTING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. 475 next hour sees them back in the same place, and the old sireorders them to put a great number of bows and cross-bowshandy against the spectres return. Next day it re-appears…

Ancestor worship · Burial · Demonology · Witchcraft

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