Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 261 pages)
,
illustrations (colour)
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780191888601
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
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.
Note:
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)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198854319
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ogden, Daniel, 1963 - The werewolf in the ancient world Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9780198854319
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Werwolf
;
Geschichte 500 v. Chr.-500
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198854319.001.0001
Author information:
Ogden, Daniel 1963-
