Encyclopedia Of Demons In World Religions And Cultures
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Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0786488948 |
This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions. From Aamon, the demon of life and reproduction with the head of a serpent and the body of a wolf in Christian demonology, to Zu, the half-man, half-bird personification of the southern wind and thunder clouds in Sumero-Akkadian mythology, entries offer descriptions of each demon's origins, appearance and cultural significance. Also included are descriptions of the demonic and diabolical members making up the hierarchy of Hell and the numerous species of demons that, according to various folklores, mythologies, and religions, populate the earth and plague mankind. Very thoroughly indexed.
Author | : Rosemary Guiley |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1438131917 |
Explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and the role that demons play in the modern world. Includes numerous entries documenting beliefs about demons and demonology from ancient history to the present.
Author | : Merriam-Webster, Inc |
Publisher | : Merriam-Webster |
Total Pages | : 1240 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780877790440 |
Contains 3,500 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the world's religions; features thirty in-depth discussions of major religions; and includes illustrations and maps.
Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2013-08-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1476612420 |
Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe.
Author | : Theresa Bane |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2017-02-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786455810 |
From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind's deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from "Abchanchu" to "Zmeus," includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.
Author | : Leonard R. N. Ashley |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2011-09 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1616083336 |
Previous ed.: New York: Barricade Books, c1996.
Author | : Michael Jordan |
Publisher | : Echo Point Books & Media, LLC |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-12-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781648372254 |
This reference book offers a comprehensive survey of gods and goddesses from cultures across the globe, with each entry covering specific cultures, dates of worship, the role the god played, and defining characteristics and symbols.
Author | : Michelle Belanger |
Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2010-10-08 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0738727458 |
The Dictionary of Demons starts with a simple premise: names have power. In medieval and Renaissance Europe, it was believed that speaking a demon's true name could summon it, compel it, and bind it. Occult scholar Michelle Belanger has compiled the most complete compendium of demonic names available anywhere, using both notorious and obscure sources from the Western grimoiric tradition. Presented alphabetically from Aariel to Zynextyur, more than 1,500 demons are introduced, explored, and cross-referenced by theme and elemental or planetary correspondence. This meticulously researched reference work features fascinating short articles on demonology and a wealth of woodcuts, etchings, and paintings depicting demons through the ages.
Author | : Robert S. Ellwood |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 529 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1438110383 |
Contains nearly 600 brief entries on the world's religious traditions.
Author | : Joseph P. Laycock |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2021-02-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1793640254 |
Religion, Culture, and the Monstrous: Of Gods and Monsters explores the intersection of the emerging field of “monster theory” within religious studies. With case studies from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary valleys of the Himalayas to ghost tours in Savannah, Georgia, the volume examines the variegated nature of the monstrous as well as the cultural functions of monsters in shaping how we see the world and ourselves. In this, the authors constructively assess the state of the two fields of monster theory and religious studies, and propose new directions in how these fields can inform each other. The case studies included illuminate the ways in which monsters reinforce the categories through which a given culture sees the world. At the same time, the volume points to how monsters appear to question, disrupt, or challenge those categories, creating an ‘unsettling’ or surplus of meaning.