June 2002 THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES by SABINE BARING-GOULD CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II LYCANTHROPY AMONG THE ANCIENTS Definition of Lycanthropy–Marcellus Sidetes–Virgil–Herodotus–Ovid–Pliny–Agriopas–Story from Petronius–Arcadian Legends–Explanation offered CHAPTER III THE WERE-WOLF IN THE NORTH Norse Traditions–Manner in which the Change was effected–Vlundar Kvda–Instances from the Völsung Saga–Hrolf’s Saga–Kraka–Faroëse Poem–Helga Kvida–Vatnsdæla Saga–Eyrbyggja Saga CHAPTER IV THE
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