June 26, 2006
THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVES
by SABINE BARING-GOULD
Here is another online version of The Book of Were-Wolves with glamorous illustrations.
Sabine Baring-Gould at Wikipedia.
What a fascinating character. I am definitely bookmarking the text to read on a stormy night at 2am.
He (enevitably in his imperialistic age, no doubt) interprets shamanism from within his judeo-christian world-view. The result is the posited existance of werewolves. The people accused were guilty of nothing more than shamanic mysticism - of following a different religion.
Cool! I've been a fan of the grandson's work, so this should be a fun read.
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Good post.
Beware of the Sabines baring gould.
/collaaaaaaaaaaaapse
) for Plegmund!
*writes Plegmund's name in Big Book of Schmart Fellers*
now we've ordered a were-wolf
for this Halloween
one with slaver-strung fangs like the wargs
of Tolkien
and he's to come famished and howl
like a fiend
and his breath smell like something
becoming gangrened
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