The Werewolf in Lore and Legend

The Werewolf in Lore and Legend

Author: Montague Summers

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-27

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0486122700

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The first definitive work on werewolfery incorporates an extensive range of historical documentation and folklore. Written in a Gothic style by a venerable author of occult studies, it's rich in fascinating examples and anecdotes and offers compelling fare for lovers of the esoteric.


The Werewolf Book

The Werewolf Book

Author: Brad Steiger

Publisher: Visible Ink Press

Published: 2011-09-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1578593786

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When Darkness Reigns and the Full Moon Glows, Terror Emerges to Stalk the Unsuspecting… From lycanthropic creatures found on television and film such as Teen Wolf, Twilight, and True Blood to the earliest folklore of shape-shifting creatures, The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shapeshifting Beings is an eye-opening, blood-pounding tour through the ages of monsters with the most amazing camouflage capabilities—they hide among us! Along the way, you’ll land at the doorstep of creatures like hirsute mass-murderer Albert Fish, and Fritz Haarman, who slaughtered and ate his victims—selling the leftovers as steaks and roasts in his butcher shop—as well as visits to mythical shamans, sirens, and skin walkers. Covering 140,000 years of legend, mythology, and fact, The Werewolf Book provides hair-raising evidence of strange and obsessional behavior through the centuries. Learn the basics of becoming a werewolf and the intricacies of slaying the beast. A true homage to werewolves and other full moon beasts, it includes topics such as … • Bear, tiger, coyote, and other shape-shifting people • Classic and modern werewolf movies • Gargoyles, totem poles, and Internet depictions • Serial killers and sadistic rulers • Sorcery, spells, and talismans • Television shows, songs, and computer games Werewolf hunters and fans of all ages will appreciate the detailed section on slaying the beast, while potential victims will find the information on detecting and warding away the occasional wayward wolfman more to their immediate liking—if not need. With over 120 illustrations and photos this ultimate lycanthrope compendium is richly illustrated. The Werewolf Book's helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.


The Curse of the Werewolf

The Curse of the Werewolf

Author: Guy Adams

Publisher: Carlton Books

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781847327376

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An investigation into the myth of the werewolf. It features the key werewolf myths throughout history, such as the French story of Bisclavret, the Norse Berserkers, the Wolf of Madeburg and Native American Skinwalkers.


The Werewolf

The Werewolf

Author: Montague Summers

Publisher:

Published: 2014-10-31

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781616409289

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Published in 1933, The Werewolf is one of the first comprehensive books on the subject of werewolves. Author Montague Summers offers detailed historical references and local tales about werewolf encounters, attacks, and transformations. As a member of the clergy, he views the legends of werewolves through a spiritual lens, exploring a variety of opinions and schools of thought on the finer points of werewolf transformation and infection. Part of the Loren Coleman Presents series for Cosimo Classics, this book will entertain and inform those curious about werewolves, gothic folklore, and the occult. AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE SUMMERS (1880-1948) was an English author and clergyman known for his interest in the occult, especially vampires, werewolves, and witches. He wrote dozens of books on the occult, poetry, history, and fiction; he was also the translator of the English version of Malleus Maleficarum, the 15th-century witch hunter's guide. Though highly spiritual, Summers did not obtain a higher rank than deacon in the Church of England due to his peculiar interests. He converted to Catholicism in 1909 and began calling himself Reverend, though he never joined a particular order or diocese; whether he was ever actually ordained as a minister is disputed.


Vampires and Vampirism

Vampires and Vampirism

Author: Montague Summers

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-05-14

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0486121062

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DIVStudy examines vampire lore in fantastic detail, addressing such issues as how vampires came into existence, vampirish behavior, vampire-like ancient myths, and vampires in modern literature. /div


The Vampire in Lore and Legend

The Vampire in Lore and Legend

Author: Montague Summers

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0486121046

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Riveting study of vampirism in Europe — from vampires in Greek and Roman lore to their presence in Saxon England, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, and even modern Greece.


Legend of the Yorkshire Werewolf

Legend of the Yorkshire Werewolf

Author: Trevor Whittemore

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-17

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781709702396

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Another Century has passed and so has the curse. Passed down to Olwen who lives in solitude in the same house that had been in his family for nearly a century. When a knock in the night turns into ominous fright there is no hiding from the beast within or the turn of events that are about to unfold as a young girl named Branwen and her family are being chased by a group of Gypsies intent on capturing Branwen. They soon meet Olwen who reluctantly helps them. Will they be saved or will the Gypsies take Branwen forever. Find out in this tale of ultimate survival and beware the moon.


The Werewolf: Past and Future: Lycanthropy's Lost History and Modern Devolution

The Werewolf: Past and Future: Lycanthropy's Lost History and Modern Devolution

Author: Maegan A. Stebbins

Publisher: Justin R Stebbins

Published: 2021-08-27

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 9781949227024

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Since before recorded history, werewolves have captivated human imagination. Simultaneously, they represent our deepest fears as well as our desire to connect with our primal ancestry. Today, werewolves are portrayed negatively, associated with violence, cruelty, cannibalism, and general malevolence. However, in ages past, legends depicted them not as monsters, but as a range of neutral to benevolent individuals, such as traveling companions, guardians, and knights. The robust legacy of the werewolf spans from prehistory, through ancient Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages, into the Early Modern period, and finally into present-day popular culture. Over the ages, the view of the werewolf has become distorted. Media treatment of werewolves is associated with inferior writing, lacking in thought, depth, and meaning. Werewolves as characters or creatures are now generally seen as single-minded and one-dimensional, and they want nothing more than to kill, devour, and possibly violate humans. Hollywood depictions have resulted in the destruction of the true meanings behind werewolf legends that fascinated and terrified humans for so many ages. If these negative trends were reversed, perhaps entertainment might not only discover again some of the true meanings behind the werewolf myth, but also take the first steps toward reversing negative portrayals of wolves themselves, which humans have, for eons, wrongfully stigmatized and portrayed as evil, resulting in wolves receiving crueler treatment than virtually any other animal. To revive the many questions posed by lycanthropy, entertainment must show respect to the rich history of so many cultures all around the world - and rediscover the legend of the werewolf.


Global Legends and Lore

Global Legends and Lore

Author: Adelaide Bennett

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2015-02-03

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 142229563X

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They are everywhere! Rising from their tombs in abandoned European cemeteries, howling at the moon as it rises over the canyons of Mexico, stalking the living in the villages of Africa: vampires and werewolves are hauntingly familiar in the legends and lore of people all over the world. In an amazing variety of forms, from the glamorous to the ghastly, shape-shifters and the undead continue to fascinate and terrorize the people of the world (whether they actually believe in their existence or just think they're kind of "fun"). Learn about some of the most horrifying creatures to ever inhabit the nightmares of our species and realize, on every continent, in every time and place, the legends and lore of vampires and werewolves are everywhere!


Werewolves

Werewolves

Author: Linda S. Godfrey

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1438118279

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Are werewolves real? When the moon is full, do ordinary people under a supernatural curse transform into snarling creatures charging out of the fog, only to revert to human form? Throughout history, people have claimed to have seen weird beings that are p