With the shocking histories of 10 famous cases, this classic blends science, superstition, and fiction to tell the full story of the werewolves among us. The first serious academic study of lycanthropy and "blood-lust" written in English, this book draws upon a vast body of observation, myth, and lore.
Author(s): Sabine Baring-Gould
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 160
Table of Contents......Page 2
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.......Page 3
CHAPTER II. LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS.......Page 5
CHAPTER III. THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH.......Page 7
CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF.......Page 13
CHAPTER V. THE WERE-WOLF IN THE MIDDLE-AGES.......Page 18
CHAPTER VI. A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.......Page 23
CHAPTER VII. JEAN GRENIER......Page 28
CHAPTER VIII. FOLK-LORE RELATING TO WERE-WOLVES.......Page 32
CHAPTER IX. NATURAL CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY.......Page 42
CHAPTER X. MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE WERE-WOLF MYTH.......Page 49
CHAPTER XI. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.-I. THE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES.......Page 57
CHAPTER XII. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.II. THE TRIAL.......Page 64
CHAPTER XIII. MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.III. THE SENTENCE AND EXECUTION.......Page 70
CHAPTER XIV. A GALICIAN WERE-WOLF.......Page 74
CHAPTER XV. ANOMALOUS CASE.THE HUMAN HYÆNA.......Page 78
CHAPTER XVI. A SERMON ON WERE -WOLVES.......Page 81
