The Penguin Book of Demons
€20.75
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780143137863 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.250 |
| Publishing Date | 30/01/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €19.58 |
| Tax | €1.17 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €20.75 |
| Availability | 7 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.