A Book of Devils and Demons

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<tr><th>Illustrator</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Cover Artist</th><td>Robin Jacques</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th><td>United States</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Fairy Tales</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (hardcover)</td></tr><tr><th>Pages</th><td>126 pp</td></tr><tr><th>ISBN</th><td>SBN 0-525-26795-6</td></tr>

**A Book of Devils and Demons**
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Publisher	E. P. Dutton
Released	1970

A Book of Devils and Demons is a 1970 anthology of 12 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders.

In the book's foreword, Manning-Sanders describes devils and demons as being similar in one important way: "Most of them are tricksters who delight in pestering human beings; and it is not easy to get the better of them since they have magic powers..." As for the difference between the two beings, she writes: "...[Y]ou can't kill a devil, but you can kill a demon. ... [N]o power on earth, or above the earth, or under the earth, can destroy Satan and his tribe of devils. They are, like the angels, immortal: they live forever."