The Lycanthropy Reader: Werewolves in Western Culture

I got this book in the mail very quickly. The book is highly informative on werewolves. Highly suggest this for anyone interested in the history on werewolves.

Just what I expected it to be, very interesting. Worth every penny.

A wonderful book with lots of information!!! Covers a variety of information in a clear format. Would recommend to others!

i have not finished it, but for anyone with a love for werewolves or with a curiosity of them, it provides great theories.

While A Lycanthropy Reader is officially authored by Charlotte Otten, it is actually made up of excerpts from over a dozen writers. If you have read other werewolf books, you are probably already familiar with a lot of the material covered here. But the cocktail of different authors makes it interesting nonetheless.Most of the chapters are fairly short, and each grouping thereof has an introduction which are really the only parts originally penned by Otten. Some of said chapters are older works than others, so there are different writing styles and terminologies used throughout.Alternating between informative essays and archaic legends, with A Lycanthropy Reader you get a mix between storytelling and grounded documentation. A few chapters barely mention wolves at all, such as in that of the medieval witch craze. These bits still help to shed light on the mentality people had in the Middle Ages, and how it translated to widespread belief in werewolves.I have other werewolf material that I already favor, and this book does not blow them out of the water or anything. However, it is still of good quality and well put-together. Fans of the topic, like myself, will certainly appreciate it.

Fascinating and full of erudition, a book about one of the most powerful myth of our time. No judgement, just the facts. One of the best books about the subject, alongside with "The beast within" from Adam Douglas.

Grear reading and a wonderful seller

The book offers far more information than I had at first expected to find within its pages. It also offered information I had not found elsewhere, which was quite interesting.