Format:
xiv, 261 Seiten
,
Illustration (farbig)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780198854319
Content:
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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-188860-1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-19-259629-1
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Werwolf
;
Antike
Author information:
Ogden, Daniel 1963-
