SKU: 82943075944

Tales And Legends Of The Devil: The Many Guises Of The Primal Shapeshifter

Sale price$99.90 Regular price$111.00
Save 10%

Pay in installments of $27.75 with ShopPay, AfterPay and Klarna

Shipping Estimate
USA
  • USA
  • CAN

Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Jul 16 - Jul 21

Promo Codes Available:

For Your Every Summer RSVP, with Code: SUMMER15

Description

Tales And Legends Of The Devil: The Many Guises Of The Primal ShapeshifterTales And Legends Of The Devil: The Many Guises Of The Primal Shapeshifter Explores the many forms and abilities of the devil in stories from around the world. The devil has many more guises than the cliche red boogeyman named Lucifer or Satan who haunts Christianity. In some traditions the devil is sinister and cunning, while others portray him as an oaf who can easily be conned and evaded by anyone with an ounce of cleverness. In other tales and

Tales And Legends Of The Devil: The Many Guises Of The Primal Shapeshifter

Explores the many forms and abilities of the devil in stories from around the world.

The devil has many more guises than the cliche red boogeyman named Lucifer or Satan who haunts Christianity. In some traditions the devil is sinister and cunning, while others portray him as an oaf who can easily be conned and evaded by anyone with an ounce of cleverness. In other tales and legends, he is the primal shapeshifter, and the Roma, also known as the gypsies, claimed his talents of metamorphosis were so strong he could even assume the appearance of a priest.

Drawing on folk traditions from all over Europe, including Transylvanian Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Switzerland, Italy, France, Scandinavia, Moravia, Bohemia, Lapland, and the Baltic countries, Claude and Corinne Lecouteux explore the many forms and abilities of the devil in stories, tales, and legends throughout the ages. They trace the devil’s shapeshifting powers back to their Vedic origins in ancient India and look at his connections with witches, storm magic, and other magical events. They examine the symbolic implications of the appearance of the devil in these tales, such as how he is often either limping or disfigured with the legs or feet of a goat or other animal traditionally linked to the lower powers or passions. They explain how the devil’s limp or his goat-like feet reflect the prevalence in world mythology of the sacred nature of crippling injuries.

Peeling back the Christian veneer embedded in many tales and legends about the so-called Evil One, the authors ultimately reveal how many of the qualities and magical powers attributed to the devil were once those belonging to pagan gods, like the Lithuanian thunder god Perkunas or the Titan Chronos, as well as to playful woodland spirits and the sometimes helpful, sometimes fearful fauns and satyrs of Greco-Roman mythology.

'“In their majestic collection of folk stories about Satan, authors and curators Claude and Corinne Lecouteux unearth a truth that our culture translates into myth: we as a human community remain deeply affectionate toward our old gods. What in cinema is called Loki, Darth Vader, and Maleficent are the same archetypes that populate these Old-World legends in which our forebears were brave enough to call their antihero by his name. With the very able hand of translator Jon E. Graham, the Lecouteuxs have created a forbidden feast.”' - Mitch Horowitz, PEN Award–winning author of Occult America and Uncertain Places

'“How do you best the devil and live happily ever after? Read Claude and Corinne Lecouteux’s Tales and Legends of the Devil, stories from across Europe, and find out. Claude Lecouteux is a master of unearthing hidden treasures from the European tradition.”' - Arthur Versluis, author of The Secret History of Western Sexual Mysticism

'“Humanity’s relationship to adversity personified and elucidated in stories teaches us the value of the cunning trickster. From either the vantage point of moral hygiene stories or the lack thereof, these stories show us the importance and folly of cunning, something we all need to be reminded of. Claude and Corinne have done a fabulous job.”' - Marcus McCoy, cofounder of the Viridis Genii Symposium and esoteric blacksmith at Troll Cunning Forg

'“Claude Lecouteux has written extensively and meticulously on the supernatural figures that appear in what is often called ‘the lower mythology’ of the Middle Ages and has shown how these same figures (still) haunt our own world. More than twenty of Claude Lecouteux’s books (including several coauthored by his wife, Corinne) have been translated and published by Inner Traditions over the past fifteen years. Why did I feel compelled to write a preface for this particular book? Perhaps because ‘the devil made me do it.’”' - Jon E. Graham, award-winning translator of the Bavarian illuminati

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Claude Lecoutier, Corinne Lecouteau - Клод Лекутье, Коринна Лекуто

Publisher:Inner Traditions Bear and Company

Language:English

Publication Date:2023

Number of pages:240 pst

Format:Hardcover

Width:152 mm / 6'

Height:229 mm / 9'

Weight:522 g

ISBN:9781644116852

Shipping Notes
  • Free Standard Shipping on $100+ Orders to the USA.
  • Except Preorder products are shipped in 48 hours.
  • Delivery to the USA:
  1. Standard Shipping : 3-10 business days
  • If time is of the essence, please consider selecting expedited delivery for faster service.
Exchange/Return Notes
  • We offer a 30-day return/exchange service after receiving.
  • Final sale items are not eligible for returns or exchanges.
  • To process your return/exchange, please contact us at [email protected]
  • Please click here for more details>>> Return & Exchange Policy
SKU: 82943075944

Discover Niche Categories That Outsell

Top-Converting Item to Boost Your Average Order

4.2 ★★★★★
Based on 19 reviews
Sort
Highest Rating
Newest First
Oldest First
Product Reviews
J
Verified Purchase
John
Massapequa, US
★★★★★ 4
It’s much more rigid than you might think.
The brackets did not fit the range of diameters that it said it would. Is pretty doofus when you lay it down backwards. It is however, more rigid than you might think. It works for me. I like it. Of course I can change things. I like the exterior fabric and I like the vinyl undercoating. I suspect it’s going to be waterproof as well. Now that I know, I’m not going to lay it down. I’m going to order a second one for my wifes quad, which is even narrower than the minimum they call out. 39.4”.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
A
Verified Purchase
Amazon Customer
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
Great customer service
Stong headwind caused front straps to pop off and broke/bent frame. They replaced frame tubes with no hassle! Very impressed!
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
S
S.
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
As shown
Nice kit. Simple to assemble, simply packed, good weight for the metal and the shade cloth. Actual width between attachment points is 44 inches. Tubing goes together with those push button things like on aluminum table legs. Priced commensurate with quality.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2024
L
Larry Sable
Lake Worth, US
★★★★★ 5
Very ridged!
I put this on my can am outlander 850 and it was not a hard job to install it. Shade cloth is nice and so far holding up good to what I put it through. Tubing has the push buttons so putting it all together is pretty easy. I had to make some clips myself to get the install right but it was no big deal. 5 stars!!
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2024
G
Verified Purchase
Gabriela Valenzuela
Charlottesville, US
★★★★★ 5
👍
Quedaron muy bien
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2026

recommand products