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Spirit (supernatural entity)
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In folklore and ethnography, a spirit is an "immaterial being", "supernatural agent", the "soul of a deceased person", an "invisible entity", or the "soul of a seriously suffering person". Often spirits have an intermediate status between gods and humans, sharing some properties with gods (Incorporeality, greater powers) and some with humans (finite, not omniscience).[1]
Thus, a spirit would have a form of existing and thinking; it would exist without being generally visible; often popular traditions endow it with miraculous powers and more or less occult influences on the physical world.
- ^ Van Eyghen, Hans (14 April 2023). The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs. Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003281139. ISBN 9781003281139.
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