Werewolf Histories

Werewolf Histories
ISBN-10
1137526343
ISBN-13
9781137526342
Category
History
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2015-10-06
Publisher
Springer
Author
Willem De Blécourt

Description

Werewolf Histories is the first academic book in English to address European werewolf history and folklore from antiquity to the twentieth century. It covers the most important werewolf territories, ranging from Scandinavia to Germany, France and Italy, and from Croatia to Estonia.

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