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White Ravens’99/Bulgaria/78622

Mircev, Krasimir (text) Paunov, Viktor (illus.) Vampiri - Gunduraci - Zmej (Vampires - Centaurs - Dragons) Sofija: Panorama, 1998. 48pp ISBN 954-9655-02-4 Balkans - Ghost - Spirit Ghosts may be found everywhere, but in popular beliefs in the Balkans there is an especially great diversity of such creatures which reside somewhere between this world and the next. This is a systematic account of good and evil spirits - from the good house dragon which sleeps under the doorstep and protects the house, to giants, dwarfs, dragons of various sizes and shapes, nixies, fairies, wind and weather spirits, werwolves, witches, centaurs, vampires and even frightening apparitions which are unknown in the western world. This book is richly illustrated with stunning pictures in mixed media. (10+)
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