Werewolf stories, p.41
Werewolf Stories, page 41
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Index
Note: (ill.) indicates photos and illustrations.
A
Abak Prison, 185
Abbots Bromley, England, 333
ABCs (alien big cats), 310–11
Abdin Rock, 68
Abel [biblical], 197, 255
Abominable Snowman, 166
Abraham [biblical], 197
Académie des Beaux-Arts, 22
Acts, Book of, 86
Adam [biblical], 155, 266, 282
Adamski, George, 8, 12
Addams, Morticia [character], 232
Adena culture, 98–100
Adler, Mortimer, 104
Adlet [Inuit dog people], 87
Adonis [god], 197
Aesculapius [god], 266
Afghanistan and Afghans, 326–27
Africa and Africans
Apuleius, Lucius, 5
Beauty and the Beast, 35
cannibalism, 50
cat people, 55, 332–33
children raised by
wolves, 61
hare people, 145
jackal people, 161
leopard people, 180, 182–84
lion people, 185
serpent people, 265
African Jungle Doctor (Junge), 182
Agina, Paulos, 83
Agrippa, Cornelius, 340
Aido Hwendo (Rainbow Serpent), 265
Air Force, U.S., 309, 338
Air Force, U.S. Army, 338
Airborne Rangers, U.S., 254
Aix-en-Provence, France, 156
Akkadian Empire, 105
Alamosa, Colorado, 272
Alaska, 173–74
Albarelli, H. P., Jr., 247–48
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 269
Alconbury, England, 338
Alconbury, RAF, 207, 326, 338 (ill.), 338–39
Aldige, Gerard, 185
Alexandria [historical], 83
Alfonso [character], 141
Alford, David, 252
Alfred the Great, King, 151
The Algonquin Legends
of New England (Leland), 1
alien big cats (ABCs), 310–11
aliens
assassins, werewolf, 336
balls of light that change into creatures, 7–9, 11–13
chupacabras, 71
Eagle Creek, Ohio, 99
Hexham Heads of Horror, 148
Mad Gasser of Mattoon, 196
Roberts, Paul Dale, 254
thylacines, werewolves, and chupacabras, 299
UFOs and werewolves, 310–11
wolf-headed beast, 353
zombie vampires, 383–84
Allen, Don, 334
Allies, 237–39
AMC, 133
American Journal of Psychiatry [journal], 191
An American Werewolf in London [1981 movie], 4, 166
An American Werewolf in Paris [1997 movie], 4
Amersfoort, Netherlands, 215
Amityville Horror haunting, 328, 329 (ill.)
Amman Valley, 324
Ammanford, South Wales, 322
Anatomy of Melancholy
(Burton), 189
ancestors, animal
about, 1–3
bear people, 25, 28
cannibalism, 48
coyote people, 74
lycanthropy, 192
photos and illustrations, 2 (ill.), 364 (ill.)
totems, 306–7
wives, wolf, 364
Angelucci, Orfeo, 8–10, 13
Anglicanism, 13, 59, 108
Anglo-Saxons, 151
Angrboda [giantess], 115
Anshan Psychology Research Institute, 62
Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Saint, 209
Antinous and Other Poems (Montague Summers), 208
Anubis [god], 3, 161
AP (Associated Press), 30, 179
Apache tribe, 272, 351
Apollo [god], 266
Apologia (Apuleius), 5
appearance of werewolves
about, 3–4
Apuleius, Lucius, 6
assassins, werewolf, 337
Basques of Louisiana and the loup-garou, 23
bear people, 25
Beauty and the Beast, 34
bridges, 44
cat people, 53, 56
children raised by wolves, 62
Chindi, 63
detecting werewolves, 83–84
Eagle Creek, Ohio, 99
fairy lore, 111, 113
Kaplan, Stephen, 166
Klein-Krams Werewolf, 171
Lobo Wolf Girl of Devil’s River, 187
phantom black dogs, 244
Rakshasas, 249
Ralph, Abbot, 250
serpent people, 265
tiger people, 303
woods, wolfmen in the, 359
Wulver, 377
zombie vampires, 383, 385
Apuleius, Lucius, 5–6
Arabic culture, 131
Arcadia and Arcadians, 48
Ardisson [ghoul], 132
Area 51, 299
Argentina and Argentinians, 305
Arizona, 53, 65, 67, 74–75, 268, 271
Arkansas, 179
Armenia and Armenians, 68
Armley Jail, 210
Army, British, 18, 324, 367
Army, U.S., 18, 225, 229, 247, 254, 326–27, 338
Arnhem, Netherlands, 215–16
Arnold, Neil, 330
Artemis [goddess]. See Diana [goddess]
Arthur, King, 123–25
Aruru [goddess], 105
Arzanene, Armenia, 68
Asgard, 313
Ashliman, D. L., 211
Asia and Asians, 26, 55, 161, 210, 212, 333
Asmus, F., 347–48
assassins, werewolf, 334–38
Associated Press (AP), 30, 179
Assyria and Assyrians [historical], 68
Atacama Desert, 72
Atlantic Ocean, 328
Atlantis, 216–17
Atmospheric Railway, 370
Attakapa tribe, 256–59
Attis [god], 197
Audubon Zoo, 314
Auldearn, Scotland, 145
Austin, Texas, 292
Australia and Australians, 296–300
Austria and Austrians, 100, 104
Austrian Historical Institute, 100
Auxonne, France, 156
Ayres, A. C., 97–100
Aztec culture, 213, 265
B
Babylonia and Babylonians, 105, 210, 265
Baden, Germany, 238
Baker, Stanley Dean, 49
Balanos [dryad], 114
Baldwin IV, Count, 140
Bali Yeli, 184
balls of light changing into creatures, 7–13, 9 (ill.)
Bamber, David, 210
Banta, Richard, 190–91
Barabbas [biblical], 197
Baring-Gould, Rev. Sabine, 13–15
Barnes, Wally, 330
Barry, Texas, 77
Barthelemy, Donna Kay, 2
Bartsch, Karl, 344–46
Basques, 15–25
Bath, England, 125, 208
Bati Yeli, 182
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 25
Battle of Dunkirk, 368
Battle of New Orleans, 19–20, 24
Bavaria, Germany, 362
Bay City, Michigan, 349
Baylor College of Medicine, 191
BBC, 147
Beane, Sawney, 52
bear people
about, 25–28
animal ancestors, 1
Dogman/Cryptid Conference, 88
photos and illustrations, 26 (ill.)
skin walkers, 269, 271
UFOs and werewolves, 310
wives, wolf, 364
Bear’s Son Cycle, 26
beast, wolf-headed, 353–55, 354 (ill.)
Beast [character], 33–35, 34 (ill.)
Beast of Bolam Lake, 72
Beast of Bray Road, 28–33, 29 (ill.), 102, 223
The Beast of Bray Road: Tailing Wisconsin’s Werewolf (Godfrey), 33, 101, 133
Beast of Gévaudan, 267, 275, 275 (ill.)
Beaumont, Madame Le Prince de, 33
Beauty [character], 34 (ill.), 34–35
Beauty and the Beast [1987 TV show], 35
Beauty and the Beast [fairy tale], 33–35
Beauty and the Beast [illustration], 34 (ill.)
Beaver Lake, 186
Becker, John, 92–93
becoming a werewolf, 35 (ill.), 35–37, 171, 267, 274
Bedburg, Germany, 278, 281
Beer, Trevor, 374
Behegade, Hosteen, 67
Belarus and Belarusians, 107
Belgische wijk, Netherlands, 218
Belgium and Belgians, 140, 180
Bell, Paul, 201–2
belt, wolf. See strap, wolf
Bengal, India, 303
Bensenville, Illinois, 222
Bentwaters, RAF, 309
“Beowulf” [poem], 26
Berkowitz, David, 41
Berlin, Germany, 248
Berossus, 265
Berserks (Berserkirs), 26, 26 (ill.), 37–38
Bertrand, François, 105
Beware the Cat! [book], 52
Beyond Bray Road (Godfrey), 103
