Book
Monsters : a bestiary of devils, demons, vampires, werewolves, and other magical creatures
Publication Information
Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2010.
Physical Description
192 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
- In the beginning--
- Gods and monsters : chaotic creatures, monstrous gods, titans, Aztec terrors
- Devils and demons : Satan and demonic hierarchies, infernal creatures, the last judgment
- Magical monsters : alchemical creatures, grimoires, and incantations, golems, unicorns
- Dragons and flying monsters : Western and Eastern dragons, lindwurms, rocs
- Water monsters : sea monsters, lake monsters, leviathan, kelpies, kappa, sirens, mermaids
- Transformations and hybrids : shape-shifters, werewolves, creatures from Ovid, the minotaur, dog-headed humans
- Ghosts and ghouls : ghostly monsters, the undead, dreams and nightmares, evil spirits
- Monsters of folklore : beasts of the wilderness, giant wolves, the tarasque, krampus, night demons
- How to fight monsters : heroes, monster-slayers, the sphinx, saints and monsters
- Off the edge of the map : 'natural' histories, monstrous peoples, cryptids, the final frontier.