The Book of Were-Wolves

by Sabine Baring-Gould

Overview

I shall never forget the walk I took one night in Vienne, after having accomplished the examination of an unknown Druidical relic, the Pierre labie, at La Rondelle, near Champigni. I had learned of the existence of this cromlech only on my arrival at Champigni in the afternoon, and I had started to visit the curiosity without calculating the time it would take me to reach it and to return. Suffice it to say that I discovered the venerable pile of grey stones as the sun set, and that I expended the last lights of evening in planning and sketching

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412158114
Publisher:	eBooksLib
Publication date:	04/21/2010
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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