The werewolf in the ancient world
by
Ogden, Daniel, author.
Title
:
The werewolf in the ancient world
Author
:
Ogden, Daniel, author.
ISBN
:
9780191888601
Edition
:
First edition.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Series
:
Oxford scholarship online
Oxford scholarship online.
General Note
:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Abstract
:
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.
Reading Level
:
Specialized.
Subject Term
:
Werewolves -- History -- To 1500.
Folklore -- Rome.
Folklore -- Greece.
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 512450-1001 | GR830 .W4 | | Elektronik Kütüphane |