Haunted Greece : Nymphs, Vampires, and other Exotica...

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IN "HAUNTED GREECE" JOHN L. TOMKINSON TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY INTO THE DARK REGIONS OF THE HELLENIC FOLK MEMORY. HERE YOU WILL MEET THE FEARFUL STRANGLES, WHO MURDER INFANTS IN THEIR COTS; BEAUTIFUL NYMPHS WHO ENTICE YOUNG MEN INTO THE DEAD WHO CLIMB OUT OF THEIR GRAVES TO PREY UPON THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; THE MISCHIEVOUS DEMONS WHO EMERGE FROM THE UNDERWORLD DURING THE TWELVE NIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS; AX-HEATED SERPENTS WHICH HAUNT CHURCHES AND FORETELL DEATH; THE RAINBOW-PLUMAGED BIRD WHOSE FLIGHT SIGNALS IMMINENT CATASTROPHE; AND MANY EVEN MORE TERRIBLE CREATURES. SOME OF THESE MAY HAVE HAUNTED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS MOST INVENTIVE PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN THREE MILLENNIA.