The Book of Were-Wolves, page 1 by Sabine Baring-Gould
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THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES
by SABINE BARING-GOULD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS
Definition of Lycanthropy--Marcellus Sidetes--Virgil--Herodotus--Ovid--Pliny--Agriopas--Story from Petronius--Arcadian Legends--Explanation offered
CHAPTER III
THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH
Norse Traditions--Manner in which the Change was effected--Vlundar Kvda--Instances from the Völsung Saga--Hrolf's Saga--Kraka--Faroëse Poem--Helga Kvida--Vatnsdæla Saga--Eyrbyggja Saga
CHAPTER IV
THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF
Advantage of the Study of Norse Literature--Bear and Wolf-skin Dresses--The Berserkir--Their Rage--The Story of Thorir--Passages from the Aigla--The Evening Wolf--Skallagrim and his Son-Derivation of the Word "Hamr:" of "Vargr"--Laws affecting Outlaws--"To become a Boar"--Recapitulation
CHAPTER V
THE WERE-WOLF IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Stories from Olaus Magnus of Livonian Were-wolves--Story from Bishop Majolus--Story of Albertus Pericofcius--Similar occurrence at Prague--Saint Patrick--Strange incident related by John of Nüremberg--Bisclaveret--Courland Were-wolves--Pierre Vidal--Pavian Lycanthropist--Bodin's Stories--Forestus' Account of a Lycanthropist--Neapolitan Were-wolf
CHAPTER VI
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS
Pierre Bourgot and Michel Verdung--'Me Hermit of S. Bonnot--The Gandillon Family--Thievenne Paget--The Tailor of Châlons--Roulet 69
Chapter VII
JEAN GRENIER
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