The Book of Werewolves

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Introductory I SHALL never forget the walk I took one night in Vienne, after having accomplished the examination of an

Lycanthropy Among The Ancients Definition of Lycanthropy—Marcellus Sidetes—Virgil—Herodotus—Ovid—Pliny— Agriopas—Story from Petronius—Arcadian Legends—Explanation offered. WHAT is Lycanthropy? The change of man

The Were-Wolf in the North Norse Traditions—Manner in which the Change was effected—Vœlundar Kvœda—Instances from the Völsung Saga—Hrolf’s Saga—Kraka—Faroëse Poem—Helga

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

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

A Chamber of Horrors Pierre Bourgot and Michel Verdung—’Me Hermit of S. Bonnot—The Gandillon Family—Thievenne Paget—The Tailor of Châlons—Roulet IN

Jean Grenier On the Sand-dunes—A Wolf attacks Marguerite Poirier—Jean Grenier brought to Trial—His Confessions—Charges of Cannibalism proved—His Sentence—Behaviour in the

Natural Causes of Lycanthropy Innate Cruelty—Its Three Forms—Dumollard—Andreas Bichel—A Dutch Priest—Other instances of Inherent Cruelty—Cruelty united to Refinement—A Hungarian Bather

Mythological Origin of the Were-Wolf Myth Metempsychosis—Sympathy between Men and Beasts—Finnbog and the Bear—Osage and the Beaver—The Connexion of Soul

The Maréchal de Retz—1: The Investigation of Charges Introduction—History of Gilles de Laval—The Castle of Machecoul—Surrender of the Marshal—Examination of

The Maréchal de Retz—2: The Trial The Appearance of the Marshal—Pierre de l’Hospital—The Requisition—The Trial adjourned—Meeting of the Marshal and

The Maréchal de Retz—3: The Sentence and Execution The Adjourned Trial—The Marshal Confesses—The Case Handed Over to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal—Prompt

A Galician Were-Wolf The Inhabitants of Austrian Galicia—The Hamlet of Polomyja—Summer Evening in the Forest—The Beggar Swiatek—A Girl disappears—A School-boy

Anomalous Case—The Human Hyaena Ghouls—Story from Fornari—Quotation from Apuleius—Incident mentioned by Marcassus—Cemeteries of Paris violated—Discovery of Violator—Confession of M. Bertrand

A Sermon on Were-Wolves The discourses of Dr. Johann Geiler—The Sermon—Remarks THE following curious specimen of a late mediæval sermon