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The Penguin Book of Demons

The Penguin Book of Demons

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Publisher's Synopsis

Three thousand years of encounters with the malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares

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. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.

About the Publisher

Penguin Classics

In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.

Book information

ISBN: 9780143137863
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 133.42
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 3843
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 250g
Height: 195mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 19mm