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Ghost stories

Scope note

Prose tales of the supernatural in which the living encounter manifestations of the spirits of the dead.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000254823

Term used for

stories, ghost

Equivalent Terms used

ghost story

Created

13yrs ago

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