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CONTENTS.
 

 
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Preface xi
 
CHAPTER I.
Introductory 1
CHAPTER II.
Lycanthropy among the Ancients.
Definition of Lycanthropy—Marcellus Sidetes—Virgil— Herodotus—Ovid—Pliny—Agriopas—Story from Petronius—Arcadian Legends—Explanation offered 8
 
CHAPTER III.
The Were-wolf in the North.
Norse Traditions—Manner in which the Change was effected—Vœlundar Eyoeda—Instances from the Völsunga Saga—Hrolfs Saga Kraka—Faroese Poem—Helga Kvida—Vatnsdsela Saga—Eyrbyggja Saga 15