The white devil : the werewolf in European culture /

From Ovid's Lycaon to Professor Lupin, from Teen Wolf to An American Werewolf in Paris, the lycanthrope, or werewolf, comes to us frequently on the page and the silver screen. These interpretations often display lycanthropy as a curse, with the afflicted person becoming an uncontrollable, feral...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beresford, Matthew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2013.
Temas:
Werewolves > Europe > History.
Loups-garous > Europe > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Werewolves
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Of man and beast : the prehistoric cults of Europe
  • The wolves of Rome : classic accounts of the werewolf myth
  • Fists of fury : the wolves of Germania
  • The medieval werewolf
  • A cruel and savage beast : the werewolf in folklore
  • Of wolf and man : werewolf cases from Europe
  • Methods to the madness : medical explanations of the werewolf myth
  • Evolution creates dissolution : the end of the myth?

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