The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters write by Rosemary Guiley. This book was released on 2004. The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Monsters and shape-shifters have always held a special fascination in mythologies, legends, and folklore the world over. From ancient customs to famous cases of beasts and vampires and their reflections in popular culture, 600 entries provide definitions, explanations, and lists of suggested further reading.
Monster Tales; Vampires, Werewolves, and Things
Monster Tales; Vampires, Werewolves, and Things - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monster Tales; Vampires, Werewolves, and Things write by Roger Elwood. This book was released on 1973-01-01. Monster Tales; Vampires, Werewolves, and Things available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Our Old Monsters
Our Old Monsters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Old Monsters write by Brenda S. Gardenour Walter. This book was released on 2015-07-22. Our Old Monsters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The witch, the vampire and the werewolf endure in modern horror. These "old monsters" have their origins in Aristotle as studied in the universities of medieval Europe, where Christian scholars reconciled works of natural philosophy and medicine with theological precepts. They codified divine perfection as warm, light, male and associated with the ethereal world beyond the moon, while evil imperfection was cold, dark, female and bound to the corrupt world below the moon. All who did not conform to divine goodness--including un-holy women and Jews--were considered evil and ascribed a melancholic, blood hungry and demonic physiology. This construct was the basis for anti-woman and anti-Jewish discourse that has persisted through modern Western culture. Nowhere is this more evident than in horror films, where the witch, the vampire and the werewolf represent our fear of the inverted other.
Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night
Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night write by Varla A. Ventura. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The lusty vampire, the sympathetic werewolf, the tragic banshee are just a few of the dark and frightening creatures you'll discover in Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. Huffington Post Weird News columnist and author Varla Ventura takes readers on a wild ride through the shadowy hills of rural Ireland, the dark German forests, and along abandoned farms and country roads across the world to discover some of the most frightening and freaktacular tales, tidbits, and encounters with all those beasties that go bump in the night. Along with classic pieces from Bram Stoker, Elliot O'Donnell, Sabine BaringGould, William Butler Yeats and many others, Ventura includes: • Famous vampires you may not know • The identity of the author of the first English vampire novel (and his relationship to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) • Excerpts from the first psychic vampire novel ever written • Stories of 19th century werewolf hunters • Why banshees are the most feared of supernatural creatures
Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies
Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies write by Lisa Regan. This book was released on 2012-12-14. Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries, folk tales about vampires, werewolves, zombies and the undead have captivated and spooked children. Vampires, Werewolves & Zombies collects 40 mythical characters from American, European, African, Chinese and Arabian folklore, ranging from such well known literary examples as Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Vulkodlak, a werewolf.
