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Ulysses
Author: Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
Author: Theresa BanePublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786488948
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
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.
“The” Red Jews
Author: Andrew Colin GowPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004102552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The German legend of the Red Jews, a medieval conflation of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel with the biblical destroyers Gog and Magog, articulated throughout the Middle Ages and well into the sixteenth century a fundamentally antisemitic strain of popular apocalypticism. This undigested piece of medievalia disappeared as more strictly biblical narratives of the End replaced medieval myth. As a result, the Red Jews have not been noticed by modern historians though they were a universally-known feature of German apocalyptic belief for over three centuries.
Geographic History of Queensland
Author: Archibald MestonPublisher:
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Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Companionable Books
Author: Henry Van DykePublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Anglo-Irish Attitudes
Author: Declan KiberdPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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The Fijians
Author: Basil ThomsonPublisher:
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Category : Circumcision
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal
Author: The J. Paul Getty MuseumPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892361786
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 18 is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum's permanent collections of antiquities, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, and sculpture and works of art. This volume includes a supplement introduced by John Walsh with a fully illustrated checklist of the Getty’s recent acquisitions. Volume 18 includes articles written by Anthony Cutler, David A. Scott, Maya Elston, Ranee Katzenstein, Ariane can Suchtelen, Klaus Fittschen, Peggy Fogelman, and Catherine Hess.
Pennsylvania German Pioneers
Author: Ralph Beaver StrassburgerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780806308814
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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The Poltergeist Prince of London
Author: James ClarkPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075249807X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case-files appear here – by learning to write. Soon, the spirit had begun to make simply incredible claims about his identity, insisting that he was one of the most famous figures in world history – but what was the truth? Here, for the first time, is the full story, told by the woman right at the heart of it all – Shirley herself.