About this title: Eclectic British scholar SABINE BARING-GOULD (1834-1924) inspired My Fair Lady, wrote the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers," and published more than five hundred literary works. Among his foremost folkloric studies is 1865's The Book of Werewolves, the first serious academic study of the shape-shifters of mythological lore. "This work is the most ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. xiii, 266p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1865. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 15) Book/cover clean, bright, very good condition. xiii, 266p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1865. read more
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Senate, London-England
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Very Good. 1859580726. Book in excellent condition. Interior is clean and without any marks. Introduction by Nigel Suckling. Front cover: the princess and the wolves in the forest.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 266 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780486449968ISBN:0486449963
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 149 p. Dover Books on Anthropology and Folklore. Publisher's catalogue at back and inside covers. Author was a Victorian era theologian, and used both historic records and his own research. This work is a primary document on the study of lycanthropy ("blood lust"), offering 10 case studies, blending science, superstition, and fiction. It was first published in 1865 by Smith, Elder & Company, London, as "The Book of Were-Wolves: Being an Account of a Terrible ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. xiii, 266p. : ill.; 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Originally published: London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1865. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Senate Books, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Near Fine. A real nice copy with an introduction by Nigel Suckling that has a two corner creases on the upper front side of the wrap. read more
Description: New in no jacket. pp. 266. A werewolf, or lycanthrope, is a man or woman who changes into the form of a wolf to gratify an insatiable desire for the taste of human flesh. According to popular folklore, this change is brought about either by magical means or as a result of harsh judgment from the gods in punishment for a great offense. Baring-Gould (1834-1924) has drawn on these various mythologies & shows the legends to be a way of describing the barely dormant cruelty & bloodlust in humankind ... read more
Edition: Reprint Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Pages tanned. Covered in contact by previous owner. xiii, 266 pages With an Introduction by Nigel Suckling. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Senate Books, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: H. J. Ford; Very Good. 8vo. (viii) 266 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The cover features The Princess and the Wolves in the Forest by H. J. Ford, courtesy of The Cameron Collection. The Chapters are: Lycanthropy Among the Ancients; The Were-Wolf in the North; The Origin of the Scandinavian Werewolf; The Were-Wolf in the Middle Ages; A Chapter of Horrors; Jean Grenier; Folk-Lore Relating to Were-Wolves; Natural Causes of Lycanthropy; ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cosimo Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781605203355ISBN:1605203351
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Edition: New Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Senate, London
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9781859580721ISBN:1859580726
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. New edition in Studio's Senate series in soft cover format of the 1865 original; 8vo, 266pp, line frontis, card covers, VG+ Copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cosimo Inc
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781605201139ISBN:1605201138
Description: New. BRAND NEW and ready for dispatch. Delivery normally within 4/7 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781432608330ISBN:1432608339
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 9.00 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (280 pages) lang=english (Hardback) read more
"This full moon waxes in my blood. There can be no doubt that I have wholly transformed, berserker, both tiger and wolf, made for moonlight, loping tirelessly through pulsing hills. A perfectly logical explanation for everything, and the truth shall set you free."
"Sabine Baring-Gould's Book of Werewolves (which was recommended to me by several people here) was originally published in 1865. Baring-Gould treats the phenomenon of the werewolf as a psychological aberration, as essentially a delusional state. He also relates it to cannibalism, and seems to see at lest some of those so afflicted as being what we today would call serial killers. He also links it to the behaviour of the notorious Norse berserkers, who would suffer from an insane battle rage. His speculations on the origin the various names by which werewolves were known in different European languages is intriguing, especially the idea that the term may derive from a word for an outlaw, a man condemned effectively to run with the wolves. He has plenty of interesting Scandinavian folklore and legends on the subject in the book, and also a chilling account of the career and crimes of the infamous Gilles de Retz (or Gilles de Rais), the 15th century French nobleman who murdered hundreds of children. I'm not sure exactly how he saw the connection between de Retz and werewolves, but it's interesting anyway. A fascinating little book."
"this is no book on how to be careful late at night when walking the moors of England. This is a good look into the history of the werewolf myth, with an extremely interesting account of true lycanthropic accounts involving persons of history and mass murder."
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