Myths about Night Monsters

Since ancient times, the night has been considered a refuge for predators, criminals, and demonic forces, a time of special vulnerability for humans and the sleep of reason, which, as is known, produces monsters. Before you is not just an encyclopedia of nightmares — this vibrant book will guide you through the darkest paths of world mythology, where our oldest and most enduring fears come to life. Along the way, you will encounter various inhabitants of the night: the goddess of darkness and sorcery Hecate and the ominous spectral cavalcade of the Wild Hunt, Chinese zombies jiangshi and vengeful Japanese spirits yurei, vampires, werewolves, and graveyard doppelgängers. You will learn whom medieval demonologists blamed for the birth of tyrant rulers, which night specter inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write «The Hound of the Baskervilles» and what happened in the Serbian village of Kisiljevo, where a real vampire hysteria erupted in the 18th century.