>Dear listmembers!
>
>I am working on a manuscript (penitential, 12th century) where I
>found, that the believing of a werwolf is forbidden. Does anybody
>now something about this phenomen (where came that idea from, how
>did people in roman speaking countries call a "werwolf"?
>
>Thank you, Astrid Krueger, Frankfurt
In Marie de France's lai "Bisclarvet," this was the Breton name,
while "Garwaf" was the Norman... Only Bisclarvet appears in my
antiquated Old French dictionary. Her lai is the only reference to
werwolves that I know of offhand, but presumably there are others.
Hope that helps!
Nicole
Dr. N. M. Schulman
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015-2398 U.S.A.
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