The werewolf in the ancient world / Daniel Ogden.
2020
GR830.W4
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Title
The werewolf in the ancient world / Daniel Ogden.
Author
Ogden, Daniel, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191888601 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (colour).
Call Number
GR830.W4
Dewey Decimal Classification
398.2454
Summary
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
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 4, 2020).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780198854319
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