The werewolf in the ancient world:
Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. This text shows how in antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argue...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. This text shows how in antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argues for the primary role of story-telling - as opposed to rites of passage - in the ancient world's general conceptualisation of the werewolf. It also seeks to demonstrate how the comparison of equally intriguing medieval tales can be used to fill in gaps in our knowledge of werewolf stories in the ancient world, thereby shedding new light on the origins of the modern phenomenon |
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| adam_text | Contents UstofAbbreviations Note on Orthography and Translations Note on Conventions in Relation to the Alexander Romance xiii xv xvii Introduction: Petronius, Werewolves, and Folklore 1 1. The Curse of the Werewolf: Witches and Sorcerers 18 2. Werewolves, Ghosts, and the Dead 60 3. The Werewolf, Inside and Out 82 4. Werewolves and Projected Souls 109 5. The Demon in a Wolfskin: a Werewolf at Temesa? 137 6. The Werewolves of Arcadia 166 Conclusion: The World of Ancient Werewolves and their Stories 206 Appendix A: Homer s Circe as a Witch Appendix B: Cynocephali Appendix C: False Werewolves: Dolon and the Luperci 211 216 220 References General Index 225 255
‘Wide-ranging in the best possible way, Ogden’s comprehensive study of the werewolf from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages once again demonstrates his talent for producing detailed scholarly work that is both thoughtful and entertaining. Combining expert examination of folklòric, literary, historical, linguistic, and material sources, he brings together all the known examples of werewolves in antiquity, providing a sourcebook that makes fascinating connections between werewolf figures and their contexts—all presented in his enjoyably humorous style.’ Debbie felton, University of Massachusetts In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia, a man named Damarchus accidentally tastes the flesh of a human sacrifice and is transformed into a wolf for nine years. At Temesa, Polîtes is stoned to death for raping a local girl, only to return to terrorize the people of the city in the form of a demon in a wolfskin. Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. These are just some of the werewolf tales that survive from the Graeco-Roman world, and this is the first book in any language to be devoted to their study. It shows how in
antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argues for the primary role of story-telling—as opposed to rites of passage—in the ancient world s general conceptualization of the werewolf. It also seeks to demonstrate how the comparison of equally intriguing medieval tales can be used to fill in gaps in our knowledge of werewolf stories in the ancient world, thereby shedding new light on the origins of the modern phenomenon. All ancient texts bearing upon the subject have been integrated into the discussion in new English translations, so that the book provides not only an accessible overview for a broad readership of all levels of familiarity with ancient languages, but also a comprehensive sourcebook for the ancient werewolf for the purposes of research and study.
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Contents UstofAbbreviations Note on Orthography and Translations Note on Conventions in Relation to the Alexander Romance xiii xv xvii Introduction: Petronius, Werewolves, and Folklore 1 1. The Curse of the Werewolf: Witches and Sorcerers 18 2. Werewolves, Ghosts, and the Dead 60 3. The Werewolf, Inside and Out 82 4. Werewolves and Projected Souls 109 5. The Demon in a Wolfskin: a Werewolf at Temesa? 137 6. The Werewolves of Arcadia 166 Conclusion: The World of Ancient Werewolves and their Stories 206 Appendix A: Homer s Circe as a Witch Appendix B: Cynocephali Appendix C: False Werewolves: Dolon and the Luperci 211 216 220 References General Index 225 255
‘Wide-ranging in the best possible way, Ogden’s comprehensive study of the werewolf from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages once again demonstrates his talent for producing detailed scholarly work that is both thoughtful and entertaining. Combining expert examination of folklòric, literary, historical, linguistic, and material sources, he brings together all the known examples of werewolves in antiquity, providing a sourcebook that makes fascinating connections between werewolf figures and their contexts—all presented in his enjoyably humorous style.’ Debbie felton, University of Massachusetts In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia, a man named Damarchus accidentally tastes the flesh of a human sacrifice and is transformed into a wolf for nine years. At Temesa, Polîtes is stoned to death for raping a local girl, only to return to terrorize the people of the city in the form of a demon in a wolfskin. Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. These are just some of the werewolf tales that survive from the Graeco-Roman world, and this is the first book in any language to be devoted to their study. It shows how in
antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argues for the primary role of story-telling—as opposed to rites of passage—in the ancient world s general conceptualization of the werewolf. It also seeks to demonstrate how the comparison of equally intriguing medieval tales can be used to fill in gaps in our knowledge of werewolf stories in the ancient world, thereby shedding new light on the origins of the modern phenomenon. All ancient texts bearing upon the subject have been integrated into the discussion in new English translations, so that the book provides not only an accessible overview for a broad readership of all levels of familiarity with ancient languages, but also a comprehensive sourcebook for the ancient werewolf for the purposes of research and study. |
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