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CRYPTIDS & BEASTS · 1912 · PUBLIC DOMAIN

Werwolves

Elliott O'Donnell

17 CHAPTERS · 65,143 WORDS · ABOUT 246 MINUTES

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O'Donnell's survey of the werewolf across Europe and beyond, from old tradition to cases he presents as recent.

SUBJECTSWerewolvesFolklore
TAGS#odonnell#werewolf#lycanthropy

CONTENTS · 17

  1. 1CHAPTER I — WHAT IS A WERWOLF?15 MIN
  2. 2CHAPTER II — WERWOLF METAMORPHOSIS COMPARED WITH OTHER BRANCHES OF LYCANTHROPY20 MIN
  3. 3CHAPTER III — THE SPIRITS OF WERWOLVES8 MIN
  4. 4CHAPTER IV — HOW TO BECOME A WERWOLF13 MIN
  5. 5CHAPTER V — WERWOLVES AND EXORCISM18 MIN
  6. 6CHAPTER VI — THE WERWOLF IN THE BRITISH ISLES14 MIN
  7. 7CHAPTER VII — THE WERWOLF IN FRANCE12 MIN
  8. 8CHAPTER VIII — WERWOLVES AND VAMPIRES AND GHOULS13 MIN
  9. 9CHAPTER IX — WERWOLVES IN GERMANY14 MIN
  10. 10CHAPTER X — A LYCANTHROPOUS BROOK IN THE HARZ MOUNTAINS; OR, THE CASE OF THE COUNTESS HILDA VON BREBER10 MIN
  11. 11CHAPTER XI — WERWOLVES IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AND THE BALKAN PENINSULA15 MIN
  12. 12CHAPTER XII — THE WERWOLF IN SPAIN14 MIN
  13. 13CHAPTER XIII — THE WERWOLF IN BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS10 MIN
  14. 14CHAPTER XIV — THE WERWOLVES AND MARAS OF DENMARK8 MIN
  15. 15CHAPTER XV — WERWOLVES IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN17 MIN
  16. 16CHAPTER XVI — WERWOLVES IN ICELAND, LAPLAND, AND FINLAND11 MIN
  17. 17CHAPTER XVII — THE WERWOLF IN RUSSIA AND SIBERIA32 MIN

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