Images

An illustration from the Old English epic poem "Beowulf" depicting Wiglaf and the dying Beowulf. (Marshall, Henrietta Elizabeth (1908), Stories of Beowulf, T.C. & E.C. Jack)

The monster Grendel from the Old English epic poem Beowulf, illustration from Stories of Beowulf by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1908.

A replica of a Viking boat figurehead. From the replica Norwegian ship "Draken Harald Hårfagre."

A manuscript of the Beowulf. 11th century CE. (British Library, London)

A figurine representing a Japanese tengu, a form of forest demon, Edo Period (17th-18th century). Private collection.

A figurine representing a Japanese oni or demon. Edo Period (17th-18th century CE). (Historisches Museum Bern, Switzerland)

A modern statue of the Japanese poet Otomo no Yakamochi, compiler of the 8th century CE Manyoshu, an anthology of Japanese poems. Takaoka Station, Takaoka, Toyama.

Egyptian 'Voodoo Doll', Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.

Ani's soul is acquitted after the Negative Confession.

The Papyrus of Ani, a text of The Egyptian Book of the Dead, was prepared for the priest Ani of Thebes (c. 1250 BCE) and included among the grave goods of his tomb. It includes a number of chapters from the Book of the Dead.