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-.^ Library/IMC H^J^ Horace Mann Middle School Denver, Colorado \ COMPUTER CHECKOUT U Library/n-,^ V(^ yturaw*" WJ J£i^ :^:aa 133.42 491i^ Hoy Hoyt A\\r0.j Demons, devils, and cijinn Demons, Devils, and Djinn Demons, and Djinn Devils, OLGA HOYT ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS ABELARD-SCHUMAN New York London y ^ H An Intext Publisher V XLibrary/ifeG Vf/y Horace Mann Middle School Denver, Colorado — For permission to usecopyrighted materials, grateful acknowledgment is made to the copyright holders listed on pages 5 and 6 which areherebymade a part ofthis copyright page. All rights reserved. No partofthisbook may be reprinted, or reproduced or utilized in any form orby anyelectronic, mechanical or other means, now knownor hereafter invented, includingphotocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. NEW YORK LONDON Abelard-Schuman Abelard-Schuman Limited Limited 257 Park Avenue South 450 Edgware Road W2 lEG 10010 and 24 MarketSquare Aylesbury Published on the same day in Canadaby Longman Canada Limited. Printed in the UnitedStates ofAmerica Copyright © 1974by OlgaHoyt Library ofCongress Catalogingin Publication Data Hoyt, Olga. Demons, devils, and djinn. SUMMARY: Examines the many forms and appearances ofdemons throughout history and the world, the charms whichcall them forth, and the spells that banish them. Bibliography: p. 1. Demonology—^Juvenile literature. 2. Spirits Juvenile literature. [1. Demonology. 2. Super- natural] I. Title. BL480.H69 133.4'2 73-6190 ISBN 0-200-00110-8 Acknowledgments The author and pubHsher wish to thank the following for permission to use the illustrations listed below: Aldus Books Limited for the pictures from The Supernatural by Douglas Hill and Pat Williams, which appear on pages 80 and 111. From the Aldus Archives. The Trustees ofthe British Museum for the picture on page 136. Crown Publishers, Inc., for pictures on pages 40, 42, 54, 120, and 131, taken from The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology by Russell Hope Bobbins. © 1959 by Crown Publishers, Inc. UsedbypermissionofCrownPublishers, Inc. 6 Demons, Devils, and Djinn AlfredA. Knopf, Inc.,forthepicturesfrom TheIslandofBali by Miguel Covarrubias, which appear on pages 96 and 99. Copyright 1936, 1937 byAlfredA. Knopf, Inc., and renewed in 1964, 1965 by Rosa Covarrubias. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. Philosophical Library for the pictures from A Treasury of Witchcraft by Harry E. Wedek, which appear on pages 20, 23, 36, and 113. Harald Schultz for the picture on page 144. SingingTree Press for the pictures from Devils by Charles J. Wall, which appear on pages 26, 69, and 150. University Books, Inc., for the pictures from The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite, which appear on pages 61, 109, and 148, and for the pictures from The MysticMandrakeby C. Thompson, which appear on pages J. 87 and91. ReprintedbypermissionofUniversity Books, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey, 07094. We are grateful for the assistance of Hans L. Raum, Jr., in shooting the photographs for this book. Special thanks to Diane DeVore for her renderingofthe two drawings that appear on pages 96 and 99. Contents Illustrations 9 Introduction 11 1 Demons and Devils 13 2 Djinn 25 3 Spirits in Ancient Babylonia and Assyria 34 4 Modern Spirits of the Middle East 41 7 8 Demons, Devils, and Djinn 5 Chinese Kuei 50 6 Demons on the Steppes of Asia 63 7 Demons in Japan 68 8 Demons and Djinn of India 74 9 The Demon of the Mandrake 85 10 The Malay Birth Demon 90 11 Demons of Bali 93 12 Some Tales of Summoning or Exorcising Demons 101 13 The Nature of Demons and Witchcraft 130 14 Demons, Devils, and Djinn Today 143 Bibhography 154 Index 157
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