The Penguin Book of Demons
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Three thousand years of encounters with the malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmaresFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate – otherworldly cour...
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Three thousand years of encounters with the malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmaresFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate – otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation and moral decline. Drawing from three thousand years of religious traditions and world literature, The Penguin Book of Demons follows these supernatural creatures – and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them – through accounts across cultures and continents, including: the daimones of ancient Greece and Rome, the giant, biblical half humans known as Nephilim who stalked the earth before the Great Flood, corrupted angels, condemned to eternity in Hell, the djinn of Islamic Arabia, the female, child-eating gelloudes of Byzantium, the seductive incubi and succubi of northern Europe, the animal spirits of early modern China, and the cannibalistic wendigo of Native American folklore. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780143137863
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
304
Udgivelsesdato
30-01-2025
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3273264
EAN nr.
9780143137863
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
128
Bredde (mm)
195
Længde (mm)
19
Vægt (g)
250