Devils (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by James Charles Wall

Overview

The author of this 1904 book considers devils and demons in folklore, custom, and art. From the early suggestion that there are 7,405,926 devils, he ranges through devils in Christianity, Japanese and other eastern devils, how devils are best summoned and exorcised, and their depiction in painting, sculpture, verse, theater, poetry, and proverbs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411465015
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/20/2012
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

James Charles Wall was a British theologian, historian, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He also wrote The Tombs of the Kings of England (1891), Alfred the Great: His Abbeys of Hyde, Athelney and Shaftesbury (1900), Shrines of British Saints (1905), An Old English Parish (1907), Ancient Earthworks (1908), and Relics Of The Passion (1910), among other books.