Werwolves

Werwolves

Among sinister superstitions none was more strange or terrifying than the legend of the Werewolf, around which a large body of creepy literature in various European languages has gathered. In the present volume the whole Werewolf myth {or reality} is examined. It is the first book to be written on the subject for more than half a century. The list of chapters: 1. What is a Werwolf? II. Werwolf Metamorphosis Compared with other Branches of Lycanthropy; III. The Spirits of Wer- wolves; IV. How to become a Werwolf; V. Werewolves and Exorcism; VI. The Werwolf in the British Isles; The Werwolf in France; VIII. Werwolves and Vampires and Ghouls; IX. Werwolves in Germany; A Lycanthropous Brook in the Harz Mountains: or the Case of the Countess Hilda Von Breber; Werwolves in Austria'Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula; XII. The Werwolf in Spain; XIII. The Werwolf in Belgium and the Netherlands; XIV. The Werewolves and Maras of Denmark; XV. Werwolves in Norway and Sweden; XVI. Werwolves in Iceland, Lapland and Finland; XVII. Werwolf in Russia and Siberia.