...This chapter examines the role of the Devil in Russian witchcraft. The theme of the pact with the Devil, of humans selling their souls to the Devil, arrived in Russia no later than the twelfth century, brought over in translations from the Greek “Life of Vasilii (Basil) the Great...

...This chapter focuses on the birds in Bermuda. Prior to 1600, it is estimated that half a million pairs of devil birds bred on Bermuda, making it, in essence, a gigantic seabird colony. The cedar trees that covered Bermuda were endemic and low-growing; they tilted in high winds, uprooting...