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BESTIARY
This is a small bestiary with mythological creatures related with werewolves.
Ahuizotl or "Water thorn creature - Water dog" - from Aztec myths (Mexico).-
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The Book of the Were-Wolves [1865]
by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
Baring-Gould was a Vicar in the Church of England in Devon, an archaeologist, folklorist, historian and a prolific author. Baring-Gould was also a bit eccentric. He reputedly taught classes with a pet bat on his shoulder. He is best known for writing the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers'.
This book is one of the most cited references about werewolves; it takes a rationalistic approach to the subject. The book starts off with a straightforward academic review of the literature of shape-shifting; however, starting with Chapter XI, the narrative takes a strange turn into sensationalistic 'true crime' case-studies of cannibals,
grave desecrators, and blood fetishists, which have a tenuous connection with lycanthropy. This includes an extended treatment of the case of Giles de Rais, the notorious associate of Joan of Arc, who was convicted and executed for necrosadistic crimes.
Nevertheless, the first ten chapters of this book constitute an essential work on the subject of werewolves. About the book, it's written in old English language and it lacks of illustrations so for made your reading more interesting, I added some werewolf illustrations from the middle ages. This book is free to use, the original book was scanned at The Internet Sacred Text Archive. Book donated by Kokiteno in 2002.
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