Tales and Legends of the Devil: The Many Guises of the Primal Shapeshifter
Explores the many forms and abilities of the devil in stories from around the worldDraws on folk traditions from all over Europe, including Transylvanian Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Switzerland,…
Specifikacia Tales and Legends of the Devil: The Many Guises of the Primal Shapeshifter
Explores the many forms and abilities of the devil in stories from around the worldDraws on folk traditions from all over Europe, including Transylvanian Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Switzerland, Italy, France, Scandinavia, and the Baltic countriesTraces the devil's shapeshifting powers back to their Vedic origins in ancient India and looks at his connections with witches and storm magicReveals how many of the qualities and magical powers attributed to the devil were once those belonging to pagan godsThe devil has many more guises than the clich red boogeyman named Lucifer or Satan who haunts Christianity. In some traditions the devil is sinister and cunning, while others portray him as an oaf who can easily be conned and evaded by anyone with an ounce of cleverness. In other tales and legends, he is the primal shapeshifter, and the Roma, also known as