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  2. Rougarou - Wikipedia

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    "Rougarou" represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French loup-garou. [1] According to Barry Jean Ancelet , an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana . [ 2 ]

  3. Caribbean folklore - Wikipedia

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    The "Ligahoo" or "Loup Garou" is a shape-changer, a man who has power over nature and the capacity to change form to that of an animal. In Caribbean Myths, the Loup-Garou is a man who made a deal with the devil to have the ability to change form (to a werewolf) so that at night, he could go around killing without ever being caught. [17]

  4. Shreveport Rouxgaroux - Wikipedia

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    The Rouxgaroux are named after the mythical beast of Cajun folklore similar to a werewolf. Team owner Keith Carter told of the legends of parents and grandparents warning their children to get in bed lest the rouxgaroux "get them," as well as farmers who believe the rouxgaroux was responsible for their cattle's death, pointing out his team will continue that legacy particularly against the ...

  5. Talk:Rougarou - Wikipedia

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    This is absurd for wiki to have this page. Rougarou is a corruption of Loup Garou (pronounced "Loogaroo"). The corruption came about from people unable to distinguish an L from an R in Cajun speech. Too keep this page intact would be to suggest that Loup Garou and Rougarou are two completely seperate creatures of folklore.

  6. Culture of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Lougarou (lit. "werewolf" in English; from the French term "Loup garou") is a notorious figure which appears in Mauritian folklore, which is mostly used to scare children; its appearance may result from the combination of French and African folklore stories. The Lougarou appears at full moon and brings trouble to the local population.

  7. Taotao Mona - Wikipedia

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    Taotao Mo'na, also commonly written as taotaomona or taotaomo'na (Chamoru taotao, "person/people" and mo'na "precede", loosely translated as "people before history" or "ancient people"), are spirits of ancient giant inhabitants believed to protect the mountains and wild places of the Mariana Islands, which include Luta, Saipan, Tinian and Guam, in Micronesia.

  8. Blood and Chocolate (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Vivian is a sixteen-year-old loup-garoux who has just started high school in a new town, she explains the circumstances that brought her there; formerly, she and her pack lived in another town, the teenage pack members started to become more feral, using their wolf forms to scare humans, one day, a loup-garoux named Axel lost control, killed a human girl and was witnessed changing back from ...

  9. Loups=Garous - Wikipedia

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    Loups=Garous (ルー=ガルー, Rū=Garū) is a 2010 animated science fiction film.It was directed by Junichi Fujisaku and produced by Production I.G and TransArts. [1] The movie was released on August 28, 2010, and features music by the rock band SCANDAL, who are also featured in the film as cameos. [2]