The Book of Were-Wolfes
by S. Baring-Gould
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About this eBook
- Author
- Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924
- Title
- The Book of Were-Wolves
- Credits
- Curtis Weyant
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Werewolves
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 5324
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5324
- Release Date
- March 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES — Being an Account of Terrible Superstition — by SABINE BARING-GOULD — Smith, Elder & Co., London — 1865 — CONTENTS
- 2.THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES.
- 3.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
- 4.CHAPTER II. LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS.
- 5.CHAPTER III. THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF.
- 7.CHAPTER V. THE WERE-WOLF IN THE MIDDLE-AGES.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. JEAN GRENIER
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. FOLK-LORE RELATING TO WERE-WOLVES.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. NATURAL CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY.
- 12.CHAPTER X. MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE WERE-WOLF MYTH.
- 13.CHAPTER XI. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.—I. THE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES.
- 14.CHAPTER XII. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.—II. THE TRIAL.
- 15.CHAPTER XIII. MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.—III. THE SENTENCE AND EXECUTION.
- 16.CHAPTER XIV. A GALICIAN WERE-WOLF.
- 17.CHAPTER XV. ANOMALOUS CASE.—THE HUMAN HYÆNA.
- 18.CHAPTER XVI. A SERMON ON WERE -WOLVES.
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