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Shape-shifter. Dogman. Humanoid with the head of a massive wolf and equally huge fangs! Take a historic, folkloric, supernatural tour of the shape-shifting, human and lupine mix with this comprehensive guide to werewolves!
From today's lycanthropic creatures found in pop culture such as Dracula, Twilight and An American Werewolf in London to the earliest mentions in folklore of the shape-shifting legend, The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifters and Lycanthropes is an eye-opening, blood-pounding tour through the ages of all things werewolf. Along the way, readers land at the doorstep of creatures like hirsute mass-murderer Albert Fish, serial killer Fritz Haarmann, Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome, shapeshifters of all kinds and sizes, and even a spell to repel werewolves. This fascinating tome provides 140,000 years of hair-raising evidence of strange and obsessional behavior. It tells of the basics of becoming a werewolf and the intricacies of slaying the beast. A true homage to the creature, it includes 250 full moon of topics such as ...
Fenrir, the wolf child of the giantess Angrboda and the god Loki, from the Old Norse myth Ragnarok
Coyote people, tricksters, and were-animals of Navajo legend
Leopard creature-men and the deadly cult whose members expressed their were-leopard lust for human blood and flesh that has been in existence in West Africa for several hundred years
Serial killer Michael Lupo, who took great delight in the fact that his last name in Italian meant "wolf" and boasted that he truly was the "Wolf Man"
Beauty and the Beast, the most famous of the ancient beast marriage tales that have long been popular in folklore in many cultures throughout the world
Chupacabra ("goat sucker"), the deadly night-stalker from Puerto Rico that has been credited with the deaths of thousands of animals, ranging from goats, rabbits, and birds to horses, cattle, and deer
Information from ancient guides that offer various suggestions to detecting a werewolf, including weak vision; looking for an absence of tears or saliva, making the eyes and tongue very dry; excessive thirst; eyebrows that meet in the center of the forehead; the extreme length of the index finger or ring finger; the deep purple of their urine; and many more telltale signs
Enkidu, perhaps our earliest written record of a man-beast that appears on a Babylonian fragment circa 2000 BCE and tells the story of King Gilgamesh and his werewolf-like friend in The Epic of Gilgamesh
And much, much more werewolf and shape-shifter information, history, folklore, tales, and man-beasts in pop culture.
Nick Redfern shares his fascination with werewolves in his thorough update of the Brad Steiger classic. Last published in 2012, the new edition of the The Werewolf Book shares the noted cryptozoologist and paranormal researcher's personal stories and encounters with werewolves while providing a deep dive into the legends, the history, the pop-culture take on the man-beast, and brought up to date with dozens of new entries. Take a wild and weird road-trip into the mystery-filled domain of the disturbingly real world of shape-shifters and werewolves with this eye-opening, blood-pounding book!
Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A—Z entries
Animal-Men Beings to Elkhorn Monster to Nagual to Succubus to Zombie Vampires and hundreds of entries in between
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
