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The werewolf in the ancient world / Daniel Ogden

Ogden, Daniel, 1963- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

First edition

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021

1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations (colour)

Englisch

This edition also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 4, 2020)

Erscheint auch als: The werewolf in the ancient world / Ogden, Daniel (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-19-188860-1 (ebook)

978-0-19-885431-9 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1230150384     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/oso/9780198854319.001.0001

NG 1600      Ähnliche Literatur

398.2454

Basisklassifikation: 15.19 (Vor- und Frühgeschichte) ; 73.80 (Volkskunde: Allgemeines)

*Werwolf ; Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-500     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Werewolves -- History -- To 1500 ; Folklore -- Rome ; Folklore -- Greece

Werewolves ; History ; To 1500 ; Folklore ; Rome ; Folklore ; Greece

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.