01684cam a2200361 i 4500 1648838417 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 240904s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780744098730 hardcover 0744098734 hardcover TxAuBib rda A history of ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural / senior editor, Kathryn Hennessey. Ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural. First American edition. New York, NY : DK, 2024. 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Asking the ancestors: ancient world -- Underworlds and afterlife: antiquity to medieval -- Meeting the spirits: 1400-1700 -- Occultism and the undead: 1700-1900 -- Revisionism and revivals: 1900 onward. "Charts the ... narrative of one of the most fascinating and controversial subjects in the world, covering everything from Neolithic ancestor-worship and ancient necromancy to modern-day ghost-hunting and 'creepypasta' tales, and from the Japanese onryo ('vengeful spirit') to the La Llorona ('weeping woman') of Latin America"-- Provided by publisher. 20241008. Ghosts History. Spirits History. Haunted places History. Supernatural. Parapsychology. Occultism. Hennessey, Kathryn, editor. TXAAL