TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY 1

CHAPTER II
LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS

Definition of Lycanthropy • Marcellus Sidetes • Virgil • Herodotus • Ovid • Pliny • Agriopas • Story from Petronius • Arcadian Legends • Explanation offered 8

CHAPTER III
THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH

Norse Traditions • Manner in which the Change was effected • Vœlundar Kvœda • Instances from the Völsung Saga • Hrolf's Saga • Kraka • Faroëse Poem • Helga Kvida • Vatnsdæla Saga • Eyrbyggja Saga 15

CHAPTER IV
THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF

Advantage of the Study of Norse Literature • Bear and Wolf-skin Dresses • The Berserkir • Their Rage • The Story of Thorir • Passages from the Aigla • The Evening Wolf • Skallagrim and his Son-Derivation of the Word "Hamr:" of "Vargr" • Laws affecting Outlaws • "To become a Boar" • Recapitulation 34

CHAPTER V
THE WERE-WOLF IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Stories from Olaus Magnus of Livonian Were-wolves • Story from Bishop Majolus • Story of Albertus Pericofcius • Similar occurrence at Prague • Saint Patrick • Strange incident related by John of Nüremberg • Bisclaveret • Courland Were-wolves • Pierre Vidal • Pavian Lycanthropist • Bodin's Stories • Forestus' Account of a Lycanthropist • Neapolitan Were-wolf 53

CHAPTER VI
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS

Pierre Bourgot and Michel Verdung • 'Me Hermit of S. Bonnot • The Gandillon Family • Thievenne Paget • The Tailor of Châlons • Roulet 69

CHAPTER VII
JEAN GRENIER

On the Sand-dunes • A Wolf attacks Marguerite Poirier • Jean Grenier brought to Trial • His Confessions • Charges of Cannibalism proved • His Sentence • Behaviour in the Monastery • Visit of Del'ancre 85

CHAPTER VIII
FOLK-LORE RELATING TO WERE-WOLVES

Barrenness of English Folk-lore • Devonshire Traditions • Derivation of Were-wolf • Cannibalism in Scotland • The Angus Robber • The Carle of Perth • French Superstitions • Norwegian Traditions • Danish Tales of Were-wolves • Holstein Stories • The Werewolf in the Netherlands • Among the Greeks; the Serbs; the White Russians; the Poles; the Russians • A Russian Receipt for becoming a Were-wolf • The Bohemian Vlkodlak • Armenian Story • Indian Tales • Abyssinian Budas • American Transformation Tales • A Slovakian Household Tale • Similar Greek, Béarnais, and Icelandic Tales 100

CHAPTER IX
NATURAL CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY

Innate Cruelty • Its Three Forms • Dumollard • Andreas Bichel • A Dutch Priest • Other instances of Inherent Cruelty • Cruelty united to Refinement • A Hungarian Bather in Blood • Suddenness with which the Passion is developed • Cannibalism; in pregnant Women; in Maniacs • Hallucination; how Produced • Salves • The Story of Lucius • Self-deception 130

CHAPTER X
MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE WERE-WOLF MYTH

Metempsychosis • Sympathy between Men and Beasts • Finnbog and the Bear • Osage and the Beaver • The Connexion of Soul and Body • Buddism • Case of Mr. Holloway • Popular ideas concerning the Body • The derivation of the German Leichnam • Feather Dresses • Transmigration of Souls • A Basque Story • Story from the Pantschatantra • Savage ideas regarding Natural Phenomena • Thunder, Lightning, and Cloud • The origin of the Dragon • John of Bromton's Dragon a Waterspout • The Legend of Typhoeus • Allegorizing of the Effects of a Hurricane • Anthropomorphosis • The Cirrus Cloud, a Heavenly Swan • Urvaci • The Storm-cloud a Daemon • Vritra and Rakschasas • Story of a Brahmin and a Rakschasas 153

CHAPTER XI
THE MARÉCHAL DE REZT I: THE INVESTIGATION OF CHARGES

Introduction • History of Gilles de Laval • The Castle of Machecoul • Surrender of the Marshal • Examination of Witnesses • Letter of De Retz • The Duke of Brittany reluctant to move • The Bishop of Nantes 181

CHAPTER XII
THE MARÉCHAL DE REZT II: THE TRIAL

The Appearance of the Marshal • Pierre de l'Hospital • The Requisition • The Trial adjourned • Meeting of the Marshal and his Servants • The Confession of Henriet • Pontou persuaded to confess all • The adjourned Trial not hurried on • The hesitation of the Duke of Brittany 207

CHAPTER XIII
MARÉCHAL DE RETZ III: THE SENTENCE AND EXECUTION

The adjourned Trial • The Marshal Confesses • The Case handed over to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal • Prompt steps taken by the Bishop • The Sentence • Ratified by the Secular Court • The Execution 226

CHAPTER XIV
A GALICIAN WERE-WOLF

The Inhabitants of Austrian Galicia • The Hamlet of Polomyja • Summer Evening in the Forest • The Beggar Swiatek • A Girl disappears • A School-boy vanishes • A Servant-girl lost • Another Boy carried of • The Discovery made by the Publican of Polomyja • Swiatek locked up • Brought to Dabkow • Commits suicide 238

CHAPTER XV
ANOMALOUS CASE • THE HUMAN HYENA

Ghouls • Story from Fornari • Quotation from Apuleius • Incident mentioned by Marcassus • Cemeteries of Paris violated • Discovery of Violator • Confession of M. Bertrand 250

CHAPTER XVI
A SERMON ON WERE-WOLVES

The Discourses of Dr. Johann • The Sermon • Remarks 261