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4379688The Penguin Book of Demonshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-penguin-book-of-demons-9780593511961/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4202841/image.jpg?v=638446496565600000249324MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares</p><p>A Penguin Classic</p><p>For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnateotherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. <em>The Penguin Book of Demons</em> summons these supernatural creaturesand the humans who have hunted and been haunted by themacross 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.</p><p>For 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.</p>...4302027The Penguin Book of Demons249324https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-penguin-book-of-demons-9780593511961/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4202841/image.jpg?v=638446496565600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780593511961_W3siaWQiOiJhNmJhNTViZC1iMTY0LTQ4MjgtYTJlYS05NTdlMDU3OTk3MDUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjcwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDQ6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780593511961_<p>Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares</p><p>A Penguin Classic</p><p>For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnateotherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. Drawing from three thousand years of religious traditions and world literature, <em>The Penguin Book of Demons</em> follows these supernatural creaturesand the humans who have hunted and been haunted by themthrough accounts across cultures and continents, including: the <em>daimones</em> of ancient Greece and Rome; the Nephilim, the giant, biblical half-humans who stalked the earth before the Great Flood; corrupted angels, condemned to eternity in Hell; the sickness-spreading fairy folk of Celtic mythology; the <em>djinn</em> of Islamic Arabia; the female, child-eating <em>gelloudes</em> of Byzantium; the seductive incubi and succubi of northern Europe; the animal spirits of early modern China; and the cannibalistic <em>wendigo</em> of Native American folklore. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.</p>...(*_*)9780593511961_<p>Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmares</p><p>A Penguin Classic</p><p>For millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnateotherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. <em>The Penguin Book of Demons</em> summons these supernatural creaturesand the humans who have hunted and been haunted by themacross 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 Wendigoof Native American folklore. From demonic possession to black magic, these accounts give life to a spellbinding, skin-crawling history of the paranormal.</p><p>For 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.</p>...9780593511961_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_9780593511961_9780593511961InglésMéxico2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-fb4bd644-a8a8-458a-8052-f4a66cb72834.epub2024-10-08T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group