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Demons: The Complete Guide to Devils, Fallen Spirits and the Folklore of the Damned

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Demons: The Complete Guide to Devils, Fallen Spirits and the Folklore of the Damned

The Devils, Fallen Angels and Evil Spirits of World Belief

The complete guide to demons: the evil spirits of the ancient world, the fallen angels and the Devil of the Abrahamic faiths, the demonology of the Middle Ages, and the folklore of possession and the damned.

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  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  1. 01The Shadow Side of the Sacred
  2. 02Disease-Demons of the Ancient Near East
  3. 03The Greek Daimon: Spirit Before Evil
  4. 04The Fall: How the Devil Was Born
  5. 05Satan, Lucifer and the Names of the Adversary
  6. 06The Demons of the Middle Ages
  7. 07The Princes of Hell: Demonology and Its Hierarchies
  8. 08The Pact: Selling the Soul
  9. 09Possession and Exorcism
  10. 10Demons of Islam: Iblis and the Shayatin
  11. 11The Demon in the Modern Imagination

About this book

About this Mythical Creatures mythology guide

The demon is the shadow side of the sacred, named and ranked until hell had a bureaucracy. This is the complete guide to devils, fallen spirits and the folklore of the damned.

Every culture that imagined good spirits imagined bad ones too. The demon is the shadow side of the sacred: the spirit that brings disease instead of healing, that tempts instead of guards, that drags down instead of lifting up. And over thousands of years these spirits were named, ranked, catalogued and feared with extraordinary precision, until the medieval mind had built a whole bureaucracy of hell.

This is the complete guide to the demon. The disease-demons of Mesopotamia and Egypt; the daimon of Greece, a spirit not yet evil; the fallen angels of the Book of Enoch and the birth of the Devil; the great demonologies of the Middle Ages, with their princes of hell, their hierarchies and their seals; and the folklore of possession, the pact and the exorcism, that turned demonology into a living fear.

The book traces the demon from Babylon to the grimoire, treats the living faiths with respect, and cites its sources in every chapter.

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What you will discover inside

  • The disease-demons of the ancient world, from Pazuzu to Lilith
  • How the Greek daimon, once neutral, became the Christian demon
  • The fallen angels of the Book of Enoch and the birth of the Devil
  • The medieval demonologies and their ranked princes of hell
  • The pact with the Devil and the folklore of the sold soul
  • Iblis and the shayatin: the demons of Islam

Mythical Creatures mythology book at a glance

TraditionMythical Creatures mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length180 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Mythical Creatures mythology book

When will I receive my PDF?

Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Is this respectful of religious belief?

Yes. Demons are part of living faiths and serious theology, not just horror. The book treats Jewish, Christian and Islamic demonology with respect and is careful to distinguish doctrine from folklore and fiction.

Is this book based on primary sources?

Yes. It draws on Mesopotamian incantation texts, the Hebrew Bible and the Book of Enoch, the Quran on Iblis and the jinn, and the medieval grimoires and demonologies such as the Ars Goetia, with references to the standard editions.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 180 pages depending on the final layout.

Will there be a paperback on Amazon?

The PDF is available immediately. A KDP paperback edition follows once the book has been validated by readers.

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Yes. The PDF is a digital download, so it works instantly anywhere in the world, with nothing to ship. Where a paperback edition exists, it is sold across Amazon's international marketplaces, with shipping rates and delivery times depending on your country.

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