It is only as a combination that any dragon form is miraculous
It is only as a combination that any dragon form is miraculous
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If we turn now to the neighbouring picture in the National Gallery by the same artist, the Hesperian Gardens…
If we turn now to the neighbouring picture in the National Gallery by the same artist, the Hesperian Gardens and their Guard, we behold the Dragon on his high crag outlining and vitalising not only the edge of rock but also the sky it meets
Read record →Are among the best-known methods for causing the human shape to be resumed, but the stab should be on the brow…
are among the best-known methods for causing the human shape to be resumed, but the stab should be on the brow or between the eyes, and the bullet should be made of silver and is all the better for having been blessed in a chapel of St
Read record →Transformation from one form to another then becomes a thinkable proposition, especially if it be admitted that…
Transformation from one form to another then becomes a thinkable proposition, especially if it be admitted that plastic thought in the spirit world takes on changed forms and conditions more readily than in the world of matter
Read record →Changes may be voluntary or involuntary, self-transformation belonging more frequently to the former class and…
Changes may be voluntary or involuntary, self-transformation belonging more frequently to the former class and transformation by sorcery, witchcraft or black magic more often to the latter class
Read record →They have also the best of reasons for developing a special attribute, such as the keen scent of the hound, the…
They have also the best of reasons for developing a special attribute, such as the keen scent of the hound, the long sight of the eagle, the natural protective power against cold possessed by the wolf and so forth, imitative suggestion which occurs in many of
Read record →A more original idea is that certain human beings possess animal doubles and that the soul-animal roams at…
A more original idea is that certain human beings possess animal doubles and that the soul-animal roams at large while the man remains visible in his ordinary form, and many of the vampire and wer-wolf stories are traceable to this belief
Read record →One drew it over one's shoulders, mask and all, and awaited results
One drew it over one's shoulders, mask and all, and awaited results
Read record →A return to human body was sometimes easy, sometimes extremely difficult
A return to human body was sometimes easy, sometimes extremely difficult
Read record →The symptoms exhibited by the wer-animal are at first extreme restlessness and anxiety
The symptoms exhibited by the wer-animal are at first extreme restlessness and anxiety
Read record →When under the delusion that he is changed into a wolf the wer-animal gives vent to a long howl and starts off…
When under the delusion that he is changed into a wolf the wer-animal gives vent to a long howl and starts off with a rush to the nearest forest, where he prowls about through the night seeking his victims
Read record →Strange forms, probably of known animals modified and adapted, are conjured to appear
Strange forms, probably of known animals modified and adapted, are conjured to appear
Read record →He was the son of wealthy parents in Florence, and, shortly after his birth, in 1302, his mother dreamt that…
He was the son of wealthy parents in Florence, and, shortly after his birth, in 1302, his mother dreamt that she had brought forth a wolf and that her wolfish offspring ran into a church and became transformed into a lamb
Read record →Michael told Pierre to bestir himself and that then he would receive payment, so Pierre threw off his clothes…
Michael told Pierre to bestir himself and that then he would receive payment, so Pierre threw off his clothes and Michael smeared his body with an ointment which he carried
Read record →Pierre was often transformed into a wer-wolf after this first attempt, and on one occasion he fell upon a boy…
Pierre was often transformed into a wer-wolf after this first attempt, and on one occasion he fell upon a boy of seven with the intention of killing and eating him, but the child screamed so loudly that he beat a hasty retreat to the spot where his clothes lay
Read record →E, as I may call him, lived the life of a hermit, but has since taken a wife, and having no means of support…
e, as I may call him, lived the life of a hermit, but has since taken a wife, and having no means of support for his family fell into the way, as is natural to defiant and desperate people of rude habits, of wandering into the woods and wild places
Read record →Let us now be bold enough to assert that the wer-wolf is nothing more than the sidereal body of a man whose…
Let us now be bold enough to assert that the wer-wolf is nothing more than the sidereal body of a man whose savage and sanguinary instincts are represented by the wolf, who, whilst his phantom is wandering abroad, sleeps painfully in his bed, and dreams that h
Read record →In "William of Palermo," the old romance known as "William and the Wer-Wolf," translated from the French at the…
In "William of Palermo," the old romance known as "William and the Wer-Wolf," translated from the French at the command of Sir Humphrey de Bohun about A.D
Read record →William and Melior fall in love with one another, and to avoid the Emperor's wrath devise an escape, disguised…
William and Melior fall in love with one another, and to avoid the Emperor's wrath devise an escape, disguised in the skins of white bears, helped by Melior's friend Alexandrine
Read record →Braunde takes her stepson, the wolf, into a private chamber, draws forth a magic ring with a stone in it that…
Braunde takes her stepson, the wolf, into a private chamber, draws forth a magic ring with a stone in it that is proof against all witchcraft and binds it with a red silk thread round the wolf's neck
Read record →S, and quoted in evidence of their truth that he had often seen a certain kind of earring in the ears of hyænas…
s, and quoted in evidence of their truth that he had often seen a certain kind of earring in the ears of hyænas shot, trapped and speared by himself or his friends, identical with those which were commonly worn by the native servants
Read record →On being charged with the offence of sorcery the Bouda tried to make light of it and denied the accusation, but…
On being charged with the offence of sorcery the Bouda tried to make light of it and denied the accusation, but at last by dint of threats and promises he was induced to confess that he had turned the old woman into a donkey, she having been not really dead bu
Read record →Besides, it soon leaked out that every animal sold make its escape the same night and was never heard of again
Besides, it soon leaked out that every animal sold make its escape the same night and was never heard of again
Read record →Is proved by the story of a bishop who once passed the night in a house which was so desolate in appearance…
is proved by the story of a bishop who once passed the night in a house which was so desolate in appearance that his companions begged him to read a sutra for the purpose of driving away evil influences
Read record →The house of a Dainagon was haunted by a number of foxes, and was so impossible to live in that the owner…
The house of a Dainagon was haunted by a number of foxes, and was so impossible to live in that the owner decided to hold a battue
Read record →He went alone in the dark, armed with bow, arrows, and a sword, and when he reached the lake he sat down under…
He went alone in the dark, armed with bow, arrows, and a sword, and when he reached the lake he sat down under a pine tree, bent his bow and waited
Read record →When he was about to thank him for his attentions the boy turned away and, to the doctor's astonishment, he saw…
when he was about to thank him for his attentions the boy turned away and, to the doctor's astonishment, he saw the page's face had utterly changed, becoming enormously long and narrow, with a small nose and big mouth and only one eye in the centre of the fore
Read record →Fox-possession and fox-familiars are common beliefs among the Japanese; women, weak men, and even children…
Fox-possession and fox-familiars are common beliefs among the Japanese; women, weak men, and even children suffering from the idea of having been transformed into animals
Read record →Whether witches can change human beings into animals through sorcery is a question which has exercised the…
Whether witches can change human beings into animals through sorcery is a question which has exercised the minds of hundreds of writers on demonology and witchcraft, amongst them, to mention a few at random, Bodin, Boguet, James I, Glanvill, Dr
Read record →Deavoured to run away; and being stayed by the woman, namely Dickenson's wife, she put her hand into her…
deavoured to run away; and being stayed by the woman, namely Dickenson's wife, she put her hand into her pocket, and pulled forth a piece of silver much like to a fair shilling, and offered to give it him to hold his tongue and not tell: which he refused sayin
Read record →One of the most celebrated Scottish witch-cat trials took place at Caithness when Margaret Nin-Gilbert was…
One of the most celebrated Scottish witch-cat trials took place at Caithness when Margaret Nin-Gilbert was interrogated on February 8, 1719, by William Innes, minister of Thurso, and confessed that she was travelling one evening when she was met by the devil i
Read record →The cat-witch on the preceding November 28 had climbed in at a hole in a chest, and Montgomery watched his…
The cat-witch on the preceding November 28 had climbed in at a hole in a chest, and Montgomery watched his opportunity, intending to cut off her head when she should put it out of the hole
Read record →On February 12, Margaret Nin-Gilbert, who lived about half a mile from Montgomery's house, was seen by some of…
On February 12, Margaret Nin-Gilbert, who lived about half a mile from Montgomery's house, was seen by some of her neighbours to drop one of her legs at her own door, and she being suspected of witchcraft the leg, black and putrefied, was taken before the depu
Read record →In 1607 a witch of the name of Isobel Grierson was burnt after being accused and convicted of entering the…
In 1607 a witch of the name of Isobel Grierson was burnt after being accused and convicted of entering the house of Adam Clark, in Prestonpans, in the likeness of his own cat and in the company of a mighty rabble of other cats, which by their noise frightened
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
The farmer rose from his bed and carefully opened the shutters
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
At dawn the next day, he went to look at his new lamb
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
In the neighbourhood of Ostrel in Denmark a man served on a farm, the mistress of which, unknown to him, was a witch
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
Many of the sailors went ashore in the hope of procuring fresh provisions
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
Henri Gelin, whose researches on Poitevin legends and folklore are very valuable,[71] discusses the conditions under which metamorphosis takes place, saying it is entirely involuntary and is the result of an agreement entered into with infernal powers
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
The tune was a plaintive one, interspersed now and again with strident and prolonged laughter
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
Burke has a very different version of the famous and spotless White Doe of Rylstone,[72] the animal being gifted with human faculties rather than appearing in human form, and the story having some affinity with those of the fairy-godmother class
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
Matthew Hopkins of Manningtree, Essex, a witch-finder of ill-fame, was the cause of bringing thousands of supposed witches to judgment and so to the stake
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
During a notorious trial of a number of witches at Chelmsford, Essex, on July 29th, 1645, Hopkins made a deposition about an alleged witch, Elizabeth Clarke, who confessed that she had known the devil intimately for more than six years and that he visited her
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
After various charges against the said Elizabeth Clarke and her accomplice, Elizabeth Gooding, Anne Leech, a third woman accused of witchcraft, deposed on April 14th that she and the other two accused sent their respective grey, black and white imps to kill ca
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
With the witch Anne West was implicated her daughter Rebecca West, who, however, was acquitted, and the notorious Matthew Hopkins deposed that she had told him of visiting the house of Clarke with her mother, and that they had found Leech, Gooding, and Helen C
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
amphile divest herself of her garments and after opening a certain small chest, take several boxes therefrom, uncover one of them and rub herself for a long time with the ointment, from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
The same idea is contained in the story of the king who, putting on a jackal-skin, turns into a jackal, only resuming human form permanently when the skin is burnt.[81] In "Indian Fairy Tales" there is a prince who has a monkey-skin which he can put on and off
Read record →M. Henri Gelin tells a good story of a witch who transformed herself into a dog.[68]
A great feature in folk-tales and fairy stories is, of course, the talking animal
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