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A Field Guide to Demons, Vampires, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits
Author(s): Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack
Now back in print in a new gift format, the classic field guide to the demons that have never stopped inhabiting our world.
If you met a werewolf on the eve of a full moon, would you know how to tell what he really was? Could you resist the dark charms of a vampire or the lure of a fallen angel? Did you know that the razor-sharp tail of the Mbulu of South Africa has a mind of its own? Or that the Kuru-Pira of Brazil has eyes that glow like embers and fangs ripping from its mouth? In this updated edition of A Field Guide to Demons, Carol and Dinah Mack bring to life some of the most horrific and fascinating creatures ever described in lore and legend. With a deft pen and global perspective,they profile more than ninety bogies including demons, fairies, ghouls, mermaids, vampires, kelpies, werewolves, and more.
Readers will delight in exploring the origin, characteristics, and cultural significance of each creature. Organized by habitat, and offering helpful dispelling and disarming techniques in every instance, A Field Guide to Demons will entertain readers of all ages while shedding light on religious and cultural traditions from around the world. It is a must for students, writers, academics, aspiring demon watchers, and anyone interested in mythology or the occult.
This edition has a new foreword by Stephen Jones.
Review(s):
"A round of applause for this demonic cast of characters! They let us glimpse other people's demons, and many of our very own."—Anna Deavere Smith
"Scouring the face of the earth, Carol and Dinah Mack have come up with an array of the most dreaded demons mythology has to offer."—Robert L. Carneiro, Curator of South American Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History
"An assembly of the weird and wonderful presences we know as demons. By capturing them in vivid narrative portraits, she has, in a remarkable combination of scholarship and art, produced a book that belongs in every library—and by every campfire!"—James P. Carse, author of Finite and Infinite Games
"The Macks' vast knowledge of all things demonic—not to mention vampiric—is equalled only by their passion for the subject. Demonology by way of cryptozoology."—Steven Schneider, executive producer, Paranormal Activity (Paramount Pictures), editor of Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmare
ISBN: 9781950994175
Author(s): Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack
Now back in print in a new gift format, the classic field guide to the demons that have never stopped inhabiting our world.
If you met a werewolf on the eve of a full moon, would you know how to tell what he really was? Could you resist the dark charms of a vampire or the lure of a fallen angel? Did you know that the razor-sharp tail of the Mbulu of South Africa has a mind of its own? Or that the Kuru-Pira of Brazil has eyes that glow like embers and fangs ripping from its mouth? In this updated edition of A Field Guide to Demons, Carol and Dinah Mack bring to life some of the most horrific and fascinating creatures ever described in lore and legend. With a deft pen and global perspective,they profile more than ninety bogies including demons, fairies, ghouls, mermaids, vampires, kelpies, werewolves, and more.
Readers will delight in exploring the origin, characteristics, and cultural significance of each creature. Organized by habitat, and offering helpful dispelling and disarming techniques in every instance, A Field Guide to Demons will entertain readers of all ages while shedding light on religious and cultural traditions from around the world. It is a must for students, writers, academics, aspiring demon watchers, and anyone interested in mythology or the occult.
This edition has a new foreword by Stephen Jones.
Review(s):
"A round of applause for this demonic cast of characters! They let us glimpse other people's demons, and many of our very own."—Anna Deavere Smith
"Scouring the face of the earth, Carol and Dinah Mack have come up with an array of the most dreaded demons mythology has to offer."—Robert L. Carneiro, Curator of South American Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History
"An assembly of the weird and wonderful presences we know as demons. By capturing them in vivid narrative portraits, she has, in a remarkable combination of scholarship and art, produced a book that belongs in every library—and by every campfire!"—James P. Carse, author of Finite and Infinite Games
"The Macks' vast knowledge of all things demonic—not to mention vampiric—is equalled only by their passion for the subject. Demonology by way of cryptozoology."—Steven Schneider, executive producer, Paranormal Activity (Paramount Pictures), editor of Horror Film and Psychoanalysis: Freud's Worst Nightmare
ISBN: 9781950994175