Contents

Introductory -- Lycanthropy among the ancients -- The were-wolf in the North -- The origin of the Scandinavian were-wolf -- The were-wolf in the Middle Ages -- A chapter of horrors -- Jean Grenier -- Folk-lore relating to were-wolves -- Natural causes of lycanthropy -- Mythological origin of the were-wolf myth -- The Maréchal de Retz: I. The investigation of charges -- The Maréchal de Retz: II. The trial -- The Maréchal de Retz: III. The sentence and execution -- A Galician were-wolf -- Anomalous case: The human hyena -- A sermon on were-wolves.