The Book of Were-Wolves

by Sabine Baring-Gould

Overview

The author (Sabine Baring-Gould, a parson of the Church of England, an archaeologist, a historian, and a prolific author best known for writing the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers) takes a typically nineteenth century approach to the mythology; methodical, rational and almost mechanistic. He details the legend in many permutations as it exists in a diversity of cultures and includes sensational chapters with case studies of cannibals, grave desecrators and blood fetishists, which have a connection to lycanthropy. Also included is an extended treatment of the case of Giles de Rais, the notorious confederate of Joan of Arc who was convicted and executed for necrosadistic crimes. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781537367231
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould (1834 - 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1240 publications, though this list continues to grow. His family home, the manor house of Lew Trenchard, near Okehampton, Devon, has been preserved as he had it rebuilt and is now a hotel. He is remembered particularly as a writer of hymns, the best-known being "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "Now the Day Is Over". He also translated the carol "Gabriel's Message" from the Basque language to English.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II

LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS

CHAPTER III

THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH

CHAPTER IV

THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF

CHAPTER V

THE WERE-WOLF IN THE MIDDLE AGES

CHAPTER VI

A CHAPTER OF HORRORS

CHAPTER VII

JEAN GRENIER

CHAPTER VIII

FOLK-LORE RELATING TO WERE-WOLVES

CHAPTER IX

NATURAL CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY

CHAPTER X

MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE WERE-WOLF MYTH

CHAPTER XI

THE MARÉCHAL DE REZT I: THE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES

CHAPTER XII

THE MARÉCHAL DE REZT II: THE TRIAL

CHAPTER XIII

MARÉCHAL DE RETZ III: THE SENTENCE AND EXECUTION

CHAPTER XIV

A GALICIAN WERE-WOLF

CHAPTER XV

ANOMALOUS CASE--THE HUMAN HYENA

CHAPTER XVI

A SERMON ON WERE-WOLVES