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Descriptor English: Spirit Possession
Descriptor Spanish: Posesión Espiritual
Descriptor posesión espiritual
Scope note: La idea de que el comportamiento anormal o una condición médica es evidencia de que una persona está bajo el control de un poder sobrenatural o espíritu. Esta creencia se llevó a cabo con mayor frecuencia en la religión y la medicina de la época medieval y también se celebra en muchas culturas tribales hoy.
Descriptor Portuguese: Possessão Espiritual
Descriptor French: Possession (anthropologie)
Entry term(s): Idées de possession
Possession démoniaque
Possession par un démon
Possession par un esprit
Tree number(s): K01.844.619.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067496
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: HI histoire
Related: Parapsychologie MeSH
Superstitions MeSH
DeCS ID: 56184
Unique ID: D000067496
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/01
Revision Date: 2015/05/22
Possession (anthropologie) - Preferred
Concept UI M000599848
Preferred term Possession (anthropologie)
Entry term(s) Idées de possession
Possession démoniaque
Possession par un démon
Possession par un esprit



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