Contents Legends of the Fall: Rebel Angels in Ancient Judaism · The Mystery of the Nephilim: From the Book of Genesis
· The Prison of the Fallen: From the
Book of Enoch · Against the Giants: From the
Book of Jubilees · A Remedy for Demonic Attacks: From Flavius Josephus’s
Judean War I Am Legion: Demons in Ancient Christian Thought · Intimate Adversaries: From the New Testament
· In the Guise of Gods: From Justin Martyr’s
Second Apology · Their Work is the Ruin of Humankind: From Tertullian’s
Apology and
On the Spectacles Origen’s Folly: From Jerome’s
Letter to Avitus · Delivered from Filthy Tyranny: From Augustine’s
On the City of God Against the Pagans · Angels of Tartarus: From the
Apocalypse of Paul · The Fall of Simon Magus: From Jacobus de Voragine’s
Golden Legend Mastered by Magic: Demons in the King Solomon Tradition · From Sage to Mage: From the Hebrew Scriptures and Flavius Josephus’s
Antiquities of the Jews · Enslaved by Solomon’s Ring: From
The Testament of Solomon Dwellers in the Wasteland: Demons in Dark Age Europe · The Desert, A Battlefield: From Athanasius’s
Life of Saint Anthony · Taming a Hell-Beast: From Jerome’s
Life of Saint Hilarion · Frenzied Possessions: From Sulpicius Severus’s
Life of Saint Martin · The Ancient Gods are Frauds: From Martin of Braga’s
On the Correction of the Countryfolk · Lurking on the Threshold: From Pope Gregory the Great’s
Dialogues · Inhabitants of Hell: From Bede’s
Ecclesiastical History of the English People · Entrusted to Torment You: From Felix’s
Life of Saint Guthlac Spirits of Fire and Air: The Riddle of the Jinn · Quranic Demonology: From the
Qur’an · A Short History of the Jinn: From the
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity · Prisons of the Jinn: From the
Tales of 1001 Nights Eaters of Children: The Witch-Demons of Byzantium · Monks Contemplate the Nature of Demons: From Michael Psellos’s
Concerning Demons · Saints in Pursuit of the Gellou: Two Story Charms Against the Witch-Demon
· The Lady of the Mountain: A Late Byzantine Magical Formula
· Legends of the Child-Eater: From John Lawson’s
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion A Thousand Arts of Injury: Demons in the High Middle Ages · A Malice Foretold in Scripture: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s
Dialogues on Miracles · Tundale’s Tormentors: From the
Vision of Tundale · Dunstan’s Tongs: From Osbern of Canterbury’s
Life of St. Dunstan · From Holy Hound to Devil Dog: From Stephen of Bourbon’s
Treatise on Diverse Preaching Materials · Preying on the Laity: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s
Dialogues on Miracles · The Psalm-Skipper Demon: From Late Medieval
Exempla Collections
· Satan’s Family: From Late Medieval
Exempla Collections
· The Craven Angels: From the
Voyage of St. Brendan, Wolfram’s
Parzival, and Dante’s
Inferno.
Apes of God: Demons in Early Modern Europe · A Covenant of Death: From Jacobus de Voragine’s
Golden Legend · A Faustian Bargain: From
The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus · Thou Profoundest Hell Receive Thy New Possessor: From John Milton’s
Paradise Lost Serpent Kings and Animal Spirits: Demons of the East · Hymns Against Demons and Sorcerers: From the
Rig Veda · The Serpent-King Zahhak: From
Shahnameh: The Book of Kings by Abolquasem Ferdowsi
· Fatal Fox-Girls and Other Perils: From
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling
The Allure of the Incubus: Demon Lovers Through the Ages · The Air’s Embrace: From Augustine’s
On the City of God Against the Pagans · Lascivious Spirits: From Caesarius of Heisterbach’s
Dialogues on Miracles · Demon Seed: From Heinrich Kraemer’s
The Witch Hammer and Nicholas Rémy’s
Demonolatry · A Warning to Married Women: From the Ballad “The Daemon Lover”
· The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: From Walter Scott’s
Glenfinlas Creeping Horrors: Malevolent Spirits in the Modern Imagination · Frozen Hearts: Cannibal Spirits of the American North
· The Dark Rider on the Moors: From Sabine Baring-Gould’s
A Book of the West · A Demon Drawn from Life: From M. R. James’s
Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book · All I Want’s My Tailypo: A Fiend of the American South
· Night-Gaunts: From H. P. Lovecraft’s
The Fungi from Yuggoth
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