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The Book of Were-Wolves
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Just finished _The Book of Were-Wolves_ by Sabine Baring-Gould. A little flaky, got some things mixed up, but the thing that ran throughout was the idea that cannibalism is addictive. People who claimed to be werewolves would kill and eat other people, mostly children. One guy (and there's a purported trial record, very dubious, how did Baring-Gould know the expressions on people's faces hundreds of years ago?) apparently managed to kill off about 800 children over the course of 7 years. Baring-Gould also claims that the most common forms of weres are Lycanthropy, Kuanthropy (dogs), and ... get this... Boanthrapy. That's cows. I haven't read a single thing ever about people turning into cows. Donkeys, yes. Owls, yes. Goats, even. But no cows.

Nothing productive done otherwise. Oh, well.

Currently Reading: _Crime and Punishment_ by Dostoyevsky

Recommend: _The Book of Were-Wolves_. It's amusing.



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