[Illustration] [Note: Greek text is in curly braces, i.e., {}.] THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES Being an Account of Terrible Superstition by SABINE BARING-GOULD Smith, Elder & Co., London 1865 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—Vœlundar Kvœda—Instances from the Völsung Saga—Hrolf’s Saga—Kraka—Faroëse Poem—Helga Kvida—Vatnsdæla Saga—Eyrbyggja Saga CHAPTER IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE SCANDINAVIAN WERE-WOLF Advantage of the Study of Nor…
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