One of the most unsettling and enigmatic works of the 19th century: The Book of Were-Wolves, by Sabine Baring-Gould.
This pioneering treatise explores with rigor and fascination the dark superstition of werewolves, tracing its origins in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the folk traditions throughout Europe.
A handcrafted, limited edition, hand-bound in engraved wood and aged paper, turning each copy into a unique piece for contemplation and collection.
A book that unveils the darkest folds of the human soul:
Each copy is one of a kind, creada para los buscadores de lo oculto, lo histórico y lo sobrenatural.
¿Te atreves a abrir sus páginas y mirar a los ojos al mito del hombre lobo?
GTIN: 9788409772742
Book in English
Disponible solo los días de plenilunio
250.00€
For centuries, la figura del hombre lobo ha encarnado el terror a lo desconocido y la fascinación por la metamorfosis. In this play, Sabine Baring-Gould recorre con erudición y detalle las historias de licántropos que se transmitieron como leyendas, juicios y testimonios de épocas en que lo humano y lo animal se confundían.
The Book of Were-Wolves it is un tratado fundamental sobre la licantropía, donde confluyen la antropología, el folclore y el misterio. Its pages reveal a universe where superstition blends with reality, and where werewolf myths become a reflection of collective fears, repressed violence and the shadow that inhabits every human being.
In the pages of this book beats the echo of an ancient fear, the suspicion that beneath human skin the untamed beast may hide. Each story, each testimony and each legend rescued by Baring-Gould opens a crack into a world where reason stumbles over the inexplicable.
The Book of Were-Wolves is more than a historical study: it is a door to the unsettling, A mirror that reflects both the superstitions of the past and the shadows that still accompany us. A book that invites you to venture into the darkness, There where myth and reality blur, And where the human is distorted into the monstrous.
Chapter I: Introduction.
Chapter II: Lycanthropy among the ancients, With references to classical authors such as Virgil, Herodotus, Ovid and Pliny, As well as Arcadian legends.
Chapter III: The werewolf in the North, Including Nordic traditions and stories from the Icelandic sagas.
Chapter IV: The origin of the Scandinavian werewolf, With references to the berserkers and laws concerning outlaws.
Chapter V: The werewolf in the Middle Ages, with stories collected by European chroniclers and legends from different countries.
Chapter VI: A chapter of horrors, where trials and cases of alleged werewolves accused of cannibalism are recounted.
Chapter VII: Jean Grenier, the famous case of the young man who confessed to crimes and transformations.
Chapter VIII: Folklore related to werewolves in different cultures, from England to Russia, India and Ethiopia.
Chapter IX: Natural causes of lycanthropy, such as innate cruelty, madness, hallucination, and cannibalism.
Chapter X: Mythological origin of the werewolf myth, with references to metempsychosis, the transmigration of souls and the relationship between humans and animals in different cultures.
Chapter XI: The Marshal of Retz, Part One: Investigating the Charges.
Chapter XII: The Marshal of Retz, Part Two: The Trial.
Chapter XIII: The Marshal of Retz, Part Three: Sentencing and Execution.
Chapter XIV: A Werewolf in Galicia, Accounts of Events in the Austrian Region of Poland.
Chapter XV: An Unusual Case: The Human Hyena, With Stories of Ghouls and Grave Robbers.
Chapter XVI: A Sermon on Werewolves, With the Speeches of Doctor Johann Geiler.
Each Chapter Invites the Reader to Walk Among the Shadows of the Human and the Animal, To Discover on That Threshold How Much Mystery Still Dwells Within Us.
250.00€
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