The Penguin book of demons

G. Bruce,Scott

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For 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.


Author(s): Bruce,Scott, G.
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 30/01/2025
Pagination: 304 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Published By: Penguin Classics
Book Classification: Classic horror & ghost stories|Classic horror & ghost stories|Classic fiction|Myth & legend told as fiction
Dimensions: 195x127x16
Weight: 250
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780143137863

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