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Beast Within History of the Werewolf - Adam Douglas - Hardback - Very Good
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- Book Title
- Beast Within History of the Werewolf
- MPN
- 119/TE/660H 5748
- ISBN
- 9781855925748
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Beast Within: History of the Werewolf
- Item Height
- 241mm
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group
- Item Width
- 162mm
- Subject
- Mythology
- Item Weight
- 660g
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Most people know about werewolves only from the fevered imagination of some Hollywood scriptwriter. But where did the image of a mild human transformed into a snarling animal come from? Why is the terrible change supposed to take place at the full moon? And why should silver bullets be supposed to lift the curse brought on by a dreadful midnight encounter? This book is about the history of one of our most potent symbols. It ranges from early Palaeolithic animal cults to modern psychiatric wards. It examines lycanthropy in Classical Greece and Ancient Egypt, in Celtic, Norse and even Christian mythology - a bloodline which produced the Monsters and Dog-Heads of the Middle Ages (and fascinating accounts of beneficent werewolves), and the zenith of the witchcraft trials of the 16th and 17th centuries, when alleged werewolves were burnts for their diabolical practices. Many rational scientific explanations have been proposed to account for werewolves, such as undiagnozed psychiatric illness or the ingestion of naturally occurring hallucinogens; other authorities invoke shamanistic cults or the tricksters and shape-shifters of many mythologies. But while lycanthropy remains a powerful force in many traditional societies, in the West the werewolf lives on above all in the cinema, whether in the guise of Lon Chaney or in films like Wolfen . This book brings history, mythology, culture and psychiatry to bear upon a compelling story.
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Orion Publishing Group
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9781855925748
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Publication Name
The Beast Within: History of the Werewolf
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Mythology
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
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Item Height
241mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
660g
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United Kingdom
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