Concept information
Preferred term
Spirit Possession
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Demonic Possession
- Demonic Possessions
- Demon Possession
- Demon Possessions
- Possession, Demon
- Possession, Demonic
- Possessions, Demon
- Possessions, Demonic
Scope note
- The idea that abnormal behavior or a medical condition is evidence that a person is under the control of a supernatural power or spirit. This belief was most commonly held in religion and medicine of the medieval period and is also held in many tribal cultures today.
History note
- 2016
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000067496
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