The Medieval Werewolf - The University of Warwick
网页Medieval werewolf stories existed in the romance tradition, which presented a man – baron, knight or king – trapped in bestial form through outside agency, almost always the man’s wife. Some werewolves were ‘natural’, and turned into wolf form periodically; in this case, stealing their clothes prevented them returning to human form.
Werewolf witch trials - Wikipedia
网页Werewolf trials reached Livonia in the 17th century, and would become the most common form of witch-trial in that country. The phenomenon persisted longest in Bavaria and Austria, with persecution of wolf-charmers persisting until well after 1650, the final cases being recorded in the early 18th century in Carinthia and Styria .
Werewolf - Wikipedia
网页The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs spread to the New World with colonialism.
Werewolves of Ossory - Wikipedia
网页The legendary werewolves of Ossory, a kingdom of early medieval Ireland, are the subject of a number of accounts in medieval Irish, English and Norse works. The werewolves were said to have been the descendants of a legendary figure named Laignech Fáelad whose line gave rise to the kings of Ossory .
5 Things you might not know about Medieval Werewolves
网页2019年10月5日 · Medieval authors were fascinated by werewolves just as much as we are. Yet, despite all the ferocity, the werewolf they imagined is not quite the same monster in our era. Here are five things that you may not know about medieval werewolves. We all know what a werewolf is and how it’s supposed to behave.
Skin-changers: Werewolves in the Medieval and Modern Imagination
网页2017年10月31日 · Today, we will discuss skin-changing and werewolfism in the medieval literary traditions of Northern Europe, primarily as contained in the context of the Old Norse fornaldarsǫgur. We will also consider how lycanthropy in the Old Norse Hrólfs saga kraka and Vǫlsunga saga inform certain instances of skin-changers in modern literature ...
The Rage of the Wolf: Metamorphosis and Identity in Medieval Werewolf ...
网页2013年4月11日 · The werewolves of medieval literature were forced to conform to the Church’s view of metamorphosis and, in so doing, transformed from bestial and savage to benevolent and rational.
Before America Had Witch Trials, Europe Had Werewolf Trials
网页2021年10月15日 · Werewolf trials took place in parts of Europe throughout the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, driven by superstition, religious and political clashes and the desire to find scapegoats for harsh...
10.02.15, Sconduto, Metamorphoses Of The Werewolf | The Medieval Review
网页2015年10月2日 · The idealized aristocratic werewolf of medieval literature was now replaced by the peasant "real" werewolf that emerged from court documents and theoretical treatises. Sconduto links the resuscitation of the image of the werewolf from antiquity to an increased concern with witchcraft and its punishment in the sixteenth century.
网页2011年3月14日 · The Rage of the Wolf: Metamorphosis and Identity in Medieval Werewolf Tales by Jessica Lynne Bettini The metamorphosis of man to beast has fascinated audiences for millennia. The werewolves of medieval literature were forced to conform to the Church‟s view of metamorphosis and, in so
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