A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits - Hardcover

Mack, Carol K.; Mack, Dinah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559704470 ISBN 13: 9781559704472

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 1998

Synopsis

A good-humored, illustrated handbook instructs readers how to identify the many species of demons, where to travel to find them, and what equipment and amulets are traditionally carried to appease them or fend them off. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

Review

An array of the most dreaded demons mythology has to offer. --Robert L. Carneiro, Curator of South American Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History

From the Author

A global look at demons and fairies and their habits.
Thanks for your reviews of our book,"A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits." This introduction to some of the world's most enchanting, weird and powerful spirits is intended to observe them in action in their natural habitats. Rather than separate the species by religious tradition, ethnicity, national boundaries or time, we opted to place them side-by-side and see how similar their fangs, talons, lore, and bad habits might be when in Forest, Mountain or Domicile anywhere in the history of humankind. We are a mother and daughter team, both writers, who share a love of mythology and who hold graduate degrees in Religious Studies and in Cultural Anthropology respectively. We hope that the readers of this work find these creatures as fabulous and informative as we did. For each entry, there is a "Dispelling and Disarming" section just in case! The universal cure is this: Hold them up to the light and see them for what they are, then show them Love and Compassion and the'll be blown away.

Edition details

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559704470
• ISBN 13: 9781559704472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 282