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Humanities > Religion > Religion and Medicine > Spirit Possession

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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000067496

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