Demonology and Devil-lore
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
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Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Demonology |
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Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Demonology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Demonology |
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Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 453 |
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ISBN | : 1773563351 |
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 2012-02-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110804414X |
A two-volume work, first published in 1879, examining the origins and decline of belief in demons across the world.
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2022-11-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1528798465 |
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author | : Moncure D. Conway |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 663 |
Release | : 2023-12-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Demonology and Devil Lore is a work on demonology which analyzes how different cultures and religions have interpreted demons and devil along history. The author's survey of myths, folktales, superstitions and rituals across cultures is very methodical. Each topic is thoroughly researched and it is explained how a certain theme is viewed in demonic myths throughout the world. The book is a kind of a treatise on the historical development of the idea of Evil.
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : 谷月社 |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 2016-01-08 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
INDEX Part I. Demonolatry. Chapter I. Dualism. Chapter II. The Genesis of Demons. Chapter III. Degradation. Chapter IV. The Abgott. Chapter V. Classification. Part II. The Demon. Chapter I. Hunger. Chapter II. Heat. Chapter III. Cold. Chapter IV. Elements. Chapter V. Animals. Chapter VI. Enemies. Chapter VII. Barrenness. Chapter VIII. Obstacles. Chapter IX. Illusion. Chapter X. Darkness. Chapter XI. Disease. Chapter XII. Death. Part III. The Dragon. Chapter I. Decline of Demons. Chapter II. Generalisation of Demons. Chapter III. The Serpent. Chapter IV. The Worm. Chapter V. Apophis. Chapter VI. The Serpent in India. Chapter VII. The Basilisk. Chapter VIII. The Dragon’s Eye. Chapter IX. The Combat. Chapter X. The Dragon-slayer. Chapter XI. The Dragon’s Breath. Chapter XII. Fate. Part IV. The Devil. Chapter I. Diabolism. Chapter II. The Second Best. Chapter III. Ahriman: The Divine Devil. Chapter IV. Viswámitra: The Theocratic Devil. Chapter V. Elohim and Jehovah. Chapter VI. The Consuming Fire. Chapter VII. Paradise and the Serpent. Chapter VIII. Eve. Chapter IX. Lilith. Chapter X. War in Heaven. Chapter XI. War on Earth. Chapter XII. Strife. Chapter XIII. Barbaric Aristocracy. Chapter XIV. Job and the Divider. Chapter XV. Satan. Chapter XVI. Religious Despotism. Chapter XVII. The Prince of this World. Chapter XVIII. Trial of the Great. Chapter XIX. The Man of Sin. Chapter XX. The Holy Ghost. Chapter XXI. Antichrist. Chapter XXII. The Pride of Life. Chapter XXIII. The Curse on Knowledge. Chapter XXIV. Witchcraft. Chapter XXV. Faust and Mephistopheles. Chapter XXVI. The Wild Huntsman. Chapter XXVII. Le Bon Diable. Chapter XXVIII. Animalism. Chapter XXIX. Thoughts and Interpretations.
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : BEYOND BOOKS HUB |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 2021-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
♥♥ Demonology And Devil-Lore, Volume 1 by Moncure Daniel Conway ♥♥ This is the first Volume of Demonology And Devil-Lore by Moncure Daniel Conway. Fully illustrated, this volume is a treasure trove of demon and devil mythology, with subjects such as: Origin of Deism; Illustrations from Witchcraft; The knowledge of good and evil; Distinction between Demon and Devil; Deities demonised by conquest; Why Demons were painted ugly; Theological Demons; Ráhu the Hindu sun-devourer; Sheitan as moon-devourer; Demons’ fear of water; Descent of Ishtar into Hades; Survivals of the Frost Giant in Slavonic and other countries; The Northern abode of Demons; Animal demons distinguished; and many more. ♥♥ Demonology And Devil-Lore, Volume 1 by Moncure Daniel Conway ♥♥ Three Friars, says a legend, hid themselves near the Witch Sabbath orgies that they might count the devils; but the Chief of these, discovering the friars, said Reve rend Brothers, our army is such that if all the Alps, their rocks and glaciers, were equally divided among us, none would have a pound's weight.' This was in one Alpine valley. ♥♥ Demonology And Devil-Lore, Volume 1 by Moncure Daniel Conway ♥♥ Any one who has caught but a glimpse of the world's Walpurgis Night, as revealed in Mythology and Folklore, must agree that this courteous devil did not overstate the case. Any attempt to catalogue the evil Spectres which have haunted mankind were like trying to count the shadows cast upon the earth by the rising sun. This conviction has grown upon the author of this work at every step in his studies of the subject. ♥♥ Demonology And Devil-Lore, Volume 1 by Moncure Daniel Conway ♥♥
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 2021-04-18 |
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Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Moncure Daniel Conway (March 17, 1832 - November 15, 1907) was an American abolitionist minister. On several occasions Methodist, Unitarian and Freethinker, the radical writer descended from patriotic and patriotic families from Virginia and Maryland, but spent most of the last four decades of his life abroad in England and France, where he wrote biographies of Edmund Randolph, Nathaniel. Hawthorne and Thomas Paine and their own autobiography. He directed the freethinkers at the South Place Chapel in London, now Conway Hall.Conway's parents descended from Virginia's First Families. His father, Walter Peyton Conway, was a rich slave knight, farmer, county judge and state representative; his house, known as the Conway House, is still located at 305 King Street (also known as River Road), along the Rappahannock River. Conway's mother, Margaret Stone Daniel Conway,
Author | : Moncure Daniel Conway |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780243644513 |