K. Mikoś, K. Kleczkowska (eds), The Hybrids and Shapeshifters in European and Asian Cultures [Istoty hybrydalne i zmieniające postać w kulturach europejskich i azjatyckich], Kraków 2015.

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Table of Contents 

Andrzej Mrozek
The hybryds of Stabian villas

Katarzyna Kleczkowska
Grypomachy – the struggle between griffins and Arimaspians in ancient sources

Kazimiera Mikoś
Plausibility of the earliest Greek sources concerning Arimaspeans and "their" griffins. Aristeas, Herodotus and the question of Old Proconnesus

Anna Hojdeczko
Demons of Dictionnaire Infernal. The evolution of Hebrew demonic creatures with a particular focus on Asmodeus

Anna Łagan
The Dragon as a Symbol of Magic in Contemporary Speculative Fiction

Kazimiera Mikoś
Connection between the Korean dragons, mountain spirits and kingship: the first royal wives and mothers in the kingdom of Silla

Oktawia Szymanowska
Fish or fowl? The problem of dragons' identity in Japanese chronicles

Gabriela Matusiak
Vixens, serpents and cats from Japanese stories – supernatural beings or femmes fatales?

Marcin Chludziński
Nue – devourer of Emperors' dreams

Anna Kuchta, Joanna Malita
Spirit possession and emotional suffering in The Tale of Genji and its selected adaptations. A study of love triangle between Prince Genji, Lady Aoi and Lady Rokujō