By Rosemary Guiley,Jeanne Keyes Youngson

ISBN-10: 0816046840

ISBN-13: 9780816046843

ISBN-10: 0816046859

ISBN-13: 9780816046850

Monsters and shape-shifters have regularly held a distinct fascination in mythologies, legends, and folklore across the world. those beings are half human yet below convinced stipulations rework into bold creatures that prey upon people and animals. curiosity in those creatures, vampires between them, is still consistently robust, as illustrated through the good fortune of various videos and books that includes them. From historical customs to recognized circumstances of beasts and vampires and their reflections in pop culture, six hundred exciting entries supply definitions, motives, and lists of instructed extra examining. This fascinating source makes a speciality of cross-cultural mythology, folklore, old situations, and the presence of those creatures in arts, leisure, and pa tradition. The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and different Monsters is an interesting old trip throughout the macabre, led by way of an writer with nice services within the field.

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