A Book of Devils and Demons

by Ruth Manning-Sanders

Book Overview

Fourteen tales from many different countries about evil creatures who bring misery upon themselves and others. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0416143105
• ISBN13: 9780416143102
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: Methuen Publishing
• Length: 126 Pages
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Splendid fairy tales

No one writes them like these anymore. And no one illustrates them like Robin Jacques anymore. A Book of Devils and Demons is an anthology of 12 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author. In the book's foreword, Manning-Sanders describes devils and demons as being similar in one important way: "Most of them are tricksters who delight in pestering human beings; and it is not easy to get the better of them since they have magic powers..." As for the difference between the two beings, she writes: "...[Y]ou can't kill a devil, but you can kill a demon. ... [N]o power on earth, or above the earth, or under the earth, can destroy Satan and his tribe of devils. They are, like the angels, immortal: they live forever." Table of Contents Foreword 1. Tripple-Trapple (Denmark) 2. The Demon's Daughter (Transylvania) 3. Something Wonderful (Finland) 4. Jack at Hell Gate (Hungary) 5. The Monkey Nursemaid (India) 6. Ironhead (Hungary) 7. The Peppercorn Oxen (Hungary) 8. The Blacksmith and the Devil (Gascony) 9. The Kittle-Kittle Car (Alsace) 10. A Ride to Hell (Denmark) 11. The Little Red Mannikin (Carpathian Mountains) 12. The Hill Demon (Norway)