Loup-Garou: The French Werewolf and the Curse That Lasted Seven Years
The Loup-Garou is the werewolf of French tradition, and it differs from the German and Eastern European werewolf in one […]
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Vseslav of Polotsk: The Russian Prince Who Ran as a Wolf at Night and Won Battles by Dawn
Vseslav Bryachislavich, Prince of Polotsk, ruled from 1044 to 1101 and was by any measure one of the most remarkable
The Beast of Gévaudan: The Real Wolf Attacks That Gripped France and Were Never Fully Explained
Between 1764 and 1767 in the Gévaudan region of south-central France, something killed between sixty and a hundred people, mostly
Thiess of Kaltenbrun: The Livonian Werewolf Who Claimed to Fight the Devil and Meant It as a Defence
In 1692 in Livonia, the region that is now Latvia and Estonia, an old man named Thiess was brought before
Jean Grenier: The French Boy Who Said a Stranger Gave Him a Wolf Skin and Nobody Knew What to Do With Him
In 1603 in the Landes region of southwestern France, a thirteen year old boy named Jean Grenier was arrested after
Gilles Garnier: The Hermit of St Bonnot and the Werewolf Trial That Shocked France
In 1573 in the Franche-Comté region of France, a hermit named Gilles Garnier was arrested, tried, and executed for being
Peter Stumpp: The Most Infamous Werewolf Trial in History and the Man Who Confessed to Everything
In 1589 in the German town of Bedburg near Cologne, a farmer named Peter Stumpp was arrested, tried, and executed
Bruxsa: The Portuguese Vampire Witch Who Flew at Night and Drained Children
The Bruxsa is Portugal’s vampire tradition, and it occupies a position in Portuguese folklore that combines the vampire with the
Nachzehrer: The German Vampire Who Gnawed Its Own Shroud and Rang the Church Bell
The Nachzehrer is the German-speaking world’s contribution to the vampire tradition, and it is one of the strangest figures in
Vrykolakas: The Greek Undead Who Spread Plague and Could Not Be Stopped by a Stake
The vrykolakas is the Greek vampire, and it is significantly different from the Western European vampire tradition that Bram Stoker