{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-demons-isbn-9780143137863","title":"The Penguin Book of Demons","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Demons \u003c\/i\u003esummons these supernatural creatures—and the humans who have hunted and been haunted by them—across cultures and continents: the daemons 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 jinn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.“All the devils are here.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott G. Bruce\u003c\/b\u003e (editor) is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Undead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Dragons\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of three books about the abbey of Cluny. He is a professor of medieval history at Fordham University in New York City and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He worked his way through college as a grave digger.\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLegends of the Fall: Rebel Angels in Ancient Judaism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Mystery of the Nephilim: From the Book of Genesis\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Prison of the Fallen: From the \u003ci\u003eBook of Enoch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Against the Giants: From the \u003ci\u003eBook of Jubilees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Remedy for Demonic Attacks: From Flavius Josephus’s \u003ci\u003eJudean War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eI Am Legion: Demons in Ancient Christian Thought\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Intimate Adversaries: From the New Testament\u003cbr\u003e ·         In the Guise of Gods: From Justin Martyr’s \u003ci\u003eSecond Apology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Their Work is the Ruin of Humankind: From Tertullian’s \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn the Spectacles \u003c\/i\u003eOrigen’s Folly: From Jerome’s \u003ci\u003eLetter to Avitus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Delivered from Filthy Tyranny: From Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eOn the City of God Against the Pagans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Angels of Tartarus: From the \u003ci\u003eApocalypse of Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Fall of Simon Magus: From Jacobus de Voragine’s \u003ci\u003eGolden Legend\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMastered by Magic: Demons in the King Solomon Tradition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         From Sage to Mage: From the Hebrew Scriptures and Flavius Josephus’s \u003ci\u003eAntiquities of the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Enslaved by Solomon’s Ring: From \u003ci\u003eThe Testament of Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDwellers in the Wasteland: Demons in Dark Age Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Desert, A Battlefield: From Athanasius’s \u003ci\u003eLife of Saint Anthony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Taming a Hell-Beast: From Jerome’s \u003ci\u003eLife of Saint Hilarion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Frenzied Possessions: From Sulpicius Severus’s \u003ci\u003eLife of Saint Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Ancient Gods are Frauds: From Martin of Braga’s \u003ci\u003eOn the Correction of the Countryfolk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Lurking on the Threshold: From Pope Gregory the Great’s \u003ci\u003eDialogues \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Inhabitants of Hell: From Bede’s \u003ci\u003eEcclesiastical History of the English People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Entrusted to Torment You: From Felix’s \u003ci\u003eLife of Saint Guthlac\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSpirits of Fire and Air: The Riddle of the Jinn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Quranic Demonology: From the \u003ci\u003eQur’an\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Short History of the Jinn: From the \u003ci\u003eEpistles of the Brethren of Purity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Prisons of the Jinn: From the \u003ci\u003eTales of 1001 Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEaters of Children: The Witch-Demons of Byzantium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Monks Contemplate the Nature of Demons: From Michael Psellos’s \u003ci\u003eConcerning Demons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Saints in Pursuit of the Gellou: Two Story Charms Against the Witch-Demon\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Lady of the Mountain: A Late Byzantine Magical Formula\u003cbr\u003e ·         Legends of the Child-Eater: From John Lawson’s \u003ci\u003eModern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Thousand Arts of Injury: Demons in the High Middle Ages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Malice Foretold in Scripture: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s \u003ci\u003eDialogues on Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Tundale’s Tormentors: From the \u003ci\u003eVision of Tundale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Dunstan’s Tongs: From Osbern of Canterbury’s \u003ci\u003eLife of St. Dunstan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         From Holy Hound to Devil Dog: From Stephen of Bourbon’s \u003ci\u003eTreatise on Diverse Preaching Materials\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Preying on the Laity: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s \u003ci\u003eDialogues on Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Psalm-Skipper Demon: From Late Medieval \u003ci\u003eExempla\u003c\/i\u003e Collections\u003cbr\u003e ·         Satan’s Family: From Late Medieval \u003ci\u003eExempla\u003c\/i\u003e Collections\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Craven Angels: From the \u003ci\u003eVoyage of St. Brendan\u003c\/i\u003e, Wolfram’s \u003ci\u003eParzival\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dante’s \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eApes of God: Demons in Early Modern Europe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Covenant of Death: From Jacobus de Voragine’s \u003ci\u003eGolden Legend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Faustian Bargain: From \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Thou Profoundest Hell Receive Thy New Possessor: From John Milton’s \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSerpent Kings and Animal Spirits: Demons of the East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Hymns Against Demons and Sorcerers: From the \u003ci\u003eRig Veda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Serpent-King Zahhak: From \u003ci\u003eShahnameh: The Book of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e by Abolquasem Ferdowsi\u003cbr\u003e ·         Fatal Fox-Girls and Other Perils: From \u003ci\u003eStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio\u003c\/i\u003e by Pu Songling\u003cbr\u003e             \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Allure of the Incubus: Demon Lovers Through the Ages\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Air’s Embrace: From Augustine’s \u003ci\u003eOn the City of God Against the Pagans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Lascivious Spirits: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s \u003ci\u003eDialogues on Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Demon Seed: From Heinrich Kraemer’s \u003ci\u003eThe Witch Hammer\u003c\/i\u003e and Nicholas Rémy’s \u003ci\u003eDemonolatry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Warning to Married Women: From the Ballad “The Daemon Lover”\u003cbr\u003e ·         The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: From Walter Scott’s \u003ci\u003eGlenfinlas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCreeping Horrors: Malevolent Spirits in the Modern Imagination\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         Frozen Hearts: Cannibal Spirits of the American North \u003cbr\u003e ·         The Dark Rider on the Moors: From Sabine Baring-Gould’s \u003ci\u003eA Book of the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ·         A Demon Drawn from Life: From M. 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