THE BOOK OF WERE−WOLVES
SABINE BARING−GOULD
Table of Contents
THE BOOK OF WERE−WOLVES..................................................................................................................1
SABINE BARING−GOULD..................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY...........................................................................................................1
CHAPTER II. LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS.............................................................3
CHAPTER III. THE WERE−WOLF IN THE NORTH........................................................................5
CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE−WOLF.....................................11
CHAPTER V. THE WERE−WOLF IN THE MIDDLE−AGES.........................................................16
CHAPTER VI. A CHAMBER OF HORRORS....................................................................................22
CHAPTER VII. JEAN GRENIER.........................................................................................................27
CHAPTER VIII. FOLK−LORE RELATING TO WERE−WOLVES................................................31
CHAPTER IX. NATURAL CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY............................................................41
CHAPTER X. MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE WERE−WOLF MYTH.................................48
CHAPTER XI. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.−I. THE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES............56
CHAPTER XII. THE MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.II. THE TRIAL......................................................64
CHAPTER XIII. MARÉCHAL DE RETZ.III. THE SENTENCE AND EXECUTION..................70
CHAPTER XIV. A GALICIAN WERE−WOLF..................................................................................74
CHAPTER XV. ANOMALOUS CASE.THE HUMAN HYÆNA...................................................78
CHAPTER XVI. A SERMON ON WERE −WOLVES......................................................................81
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