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Summary: A timeless classic!
Review: Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould. Written in the 1860's but still holding up to the test of time this book ranks as a classic of European lore on lycanthropy/shapeshifting in particular pertaining to werewolves. Worth its weight in gold just for the two chapters on Scandinavian wolf lore, and the idea that the viking berserkers were werewolves/shapeshifters. But besides that there is plenty of folklore on werewolves/shapeshifting in eastern Europe, France, and various other places in Europe. Also historical documentation of medieval serial killers who were alleged to be werewolves is recounted, as well as Baring-Goulds own encounters with local werewolf legends that had people in fear to go in the woods alone in various locales in France that he visited. The only fault I see with this book is that even though for a book written when it was it really covers a lot of bases the vast amount of Celtic shapeshifting/werewolf lore that exists is not included. Regardless this book still remains a timeless classic work.
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Summary: "Scary" isn't the Word for It
Review: I bought this book because it is written by the same man as "Onward Christian Soldiers", a hymn familiar to many Christians. I thought perhaps it would shed some light on the werewolf legend in conjunction with Christianity. Instead, it merely recounts horrific and brutal tales of werewolves--both legend and supposedly true accounts. The "true accounts" are of persons who believed themselves to be wolfs, or other animals, and not who actually changed into the animal. Very grisly. I give it three stars because it is informative, it is a historic recounting of the myth, going back centuries to what was then contemporary (1880's), but be advised that it is very unsettling and absolutely NOT intended for children.
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Summary: "Scary" isn't the Word for It
Review: I bought this book because it is written by the same man as "Onward Christian Soldiers", a hymn familiar to many Christians. I thought perhaps it would shed some light on the werewolf legend in conjunction with Christianity. Instead, it merely recounts horrific and brutal tales of werewolves--both legend and supposedly true accounts. The "true accounts" are of persons who believed themselves to be wolfs, or other animals, and not who actually changed into the animal. Very grisly. I give it three stars because it is informative, it is a historic recounting of the myth, going back centuries to what was then contemporary (1880's), but be advised that it is very unsettling and absolutely NOT intended for children.
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