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  2. Beast of Gévaudan - Wikipedia

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    The Beast of Gévaudan (French: La Bête du Gévaudan, IPA: [la bɛt dy ʒevodɑ̃]; Occitan: La Bèstia de Gavaudan) is the historic name associated with a man-eating animal or animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (consisting of the modern-day department of Lozère and part of Haute-Loire), in the Margeride Mountains of south-central France between 1764 and 1767.

  3. 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]

  4. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    An old she-wolf with a sky-blue mane named Ashina found the baby and nursed him, then the she-wolf gave birth to half-wolf, half-human cubs, from whom the Turkic people were born. Also in Turkic mythology it is believed that a gray wolf showed the Turks the way out of their legendary homeland Ergenekon , which allowed them to spread and conquer ...

  5. J'ai vu le loup - Wikipedia

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    J'ai vu le loup ("I saw the wolf") is a French folk song, and also a nursery rhyme. [1] Due to it having been transmitted orally, it is difficult to pinpoint its exact origin, though the earliest versions date back to the High Middle Ages. [2]

  6. La Fontaine's Fables - Wikipedia

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    The Wolf and the Crane (Le loup et la cigogne, III.9) The Wolf and the Lamb (Le loup et l’agneau, I.10) The Wolf and the Shepherds (Le loup et les bergers, X.5) The wolf who played shepherd (Le loup devenu berger, III.3) The Women and the Secret (Les femmes et le secret, VIII.6) The woodcutter and Mercury (Le bûcheron et Mercure, V.1)

  7. Wolfsangel - Wikipedia

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    Wolfsangel (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfsˌʔaŋəl], translation "wolf's hook") or Crampon (French pronunciation: [kʁɑ̃pɔ̃]) is a heraldic charge from mainly Germany and eastern France, which was inspired by medieval European wolf traps that consisted of a Z-shaped metal hook (called the Wolfsangel, or the crampon in French) that was hung by a chain from a crescent-shaped metal bar ...

  8. Wolfcatcher Royal - Wikipedia

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    The Wolfcatcher Royal (French: louvetier royal), a position also known historically as the Grand Wolfcatcher (French: grand louvetier) which is now known as lieutenant de louveterie, was established as a prestigious office in the House of the King during the Ancien Régime and Bourbon Restoration of France, tracing its inception to the luparii ...

  9. Bisclavret - Wikipedia

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    The Wolf Hunt, a novel by Gillian Bradshaw, Tor Books, 2001. The Beauty's Beast, a novel by E.D. Walker, Noble Romance Publishing, 2010. The Tattooed Wolf, a novel by K. Bannerman, Hic Dragones Books, 2014. This is Not a Werewolf Story, a novel by Sandra Evans, Atheneum Books, 2016. Bisclavret, a novella by K.L. Noone, JMS Books LLC, 2019.