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The Book of Werewolves - Being a Historic Account of a Terrible Superstition; the Myth and Legends of Lycanthropy (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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The Book of Werewolves - Being a Historic Account of a Terrible Superstition; the Myth and Legends of Lycanthropy (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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Baring-Gould's eye-opening history of lycanthropy - the werewolf
curse - delves deep into the lore, unearthing various historical
cases, several of which date back to Ancient or Medieval times. The
concept of a human transforming into a wolf has ancient origins,
with several Greek and Roman authors such as Virgil, Ovid,
Herodotus and Pliny raising the concept in their poetry and other
writings. Rumors of sorcery that could induce a human to change was
attributed to magicians in far off places such as Scythia, and such
beliefs were widely held. Later, the Norse civilization's mythology
introduced lycanthropy and other kinds of transformation. Humans as
wolves, bears, birds and other beasts were said to appear in the
northern wilds; the Norse God Odin took the form of a bird on
regular occasions. Berserker warriors would clad themselves in wolf
skins; Bj rn, son of Ulfheoin, was famed for his ability to shift
between human and wolf forms.
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