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| 1. | Beelzebub (after Calmet) Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672–1757) was a French monk whose work on vampires and demons was widely cited. | 9 |
| 2. | Handle of a Hindu Chalice | 31 |
| 3. | A Swallower | 44 |
| 4. | Saint Anthony’s Lean Persecutor | 54 |
| 5. | Ancient Persian Medal | 103 |
| 6. | Hercules and the Hydra (in the Louvre Museum) | 114 |
| 7. | Japanese Demon | 123 |
| 8. | Cerberus (after Calmet) The three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld in Greek mythology. | 133 |
| 9. | Canine Lar (found at Herculaneum) A "Lar" was a Roman household deity or guardian spirit. | 135 |
| 10. | The Wolf as Confessor (likely of Dutch origin) | 143 |
| 11. | Sinhalese Demon of Serpents original: Singhalese; referring to the people and culture of Sri Lanka. | 148 |
| 12. | American Indian Demon | 149 |
| 13. | Italian and Roman Genii Protective spirits or divine natures inherent in people or places. | 157 |
| 14. | Typhon (after Wilkinson) Typhon was a monstrous Greek giant; the reference is likely to Sir Gardner Wilkinson’s studies of Egyptian mythology. | 185 |
| 15. | Snouted Demon | 197 |
| 16. | Demon discovered at Ostia An ancient Roman port city. | 265 |
| 17. | Teoyaomiqui An Aztec deity associated with the souls of fallen warriors. | 273 |
| 18. | Kali The Hindu goddess of death, time, and doomsday. | 277 |
| 19. | Dives and Lazarus (Russian, 17th Century) A biblical parable concerning a rich man and a beggar. | 281 |
| 20. | The Knight and Death | 293 |
| 21. | Greek Caricature of the Gods | 311 |
| 22. | A Witch Mounted (by Stefano della Bella) An 17th-century Italian printmaker. | 323 |
| 23. | Serpent and Egg (from Tyre) | 325 |
| 24. | Serpent and Ark (from a Greek coin) | 334 |
| 25. | Anguish | 358 |
| 26. | Swan-Dragon (French) | 379 |
| 27. | Anglo-Saxon Dragons (from the Cædmon Manuscript, 10th Century) | 379 |
| 28. | From the Fresco at Arezzo | 380 |
| 29. | From Albrecht Dürer’s "Passion" original: Albert Durer; Dürer was a master of the German Renaissance. | 381 |
| 30. | Chimera original: Chimæra; a fire-breathing monster from Greek myth with parts from a lion, goat, and serpent. | 382 |
| 31. | Bellerophon and the Chimera (Corinthian style) | 386 |
| 32. | From the Temptation of Saint Anthony | 417 |