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Guillaume de Palerme ("William of Palerne") is a French romance poem, later translated into English where it is also known as William and the Werewolf.The French verse romance was composed c. 1200, commissioned by Countess Yolande (who is generally identified as Yolande, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut).
In the first part of the poem, Marie de France seems to use the Norman French word for werewolf, garwaf, interchangeably with the Middle Breton term bisclavret. [7] However, she draws a distinction between ordinary werewolves and Bisclavret. One scholar specifies three evidences for this.
Tom is a werewolf from infancy and cannot remember any life before having the condition. Nina Pickering: Being Human: Nina becomes a werewolf after her boyfriend, who is a werewolf, scratches her during a transformation. George Sands: Being Human: After being attacked by a werewolf in Scotland, George himself becomes a werewolf.
Werewolf fiction denotes the portrayal of werewolves and other shapeshifting therianthropes, in the media of literature, drama, film, games and music. Werewolf literature includes folklore, legend, saga, fairy tales, Gothic and horror fiction, fantasy fiction and poetry. Such stories may be supernatural, symbolic or allegorical.
Who Knoweth the Spirit of Man... by Byam Shaw (1901) This story formed the basis for several English poems, among which are "Beth Gêlert; or, the Grave of the Greyhound" by William Robert Spencer written around 1800; [3] "Beth Gelert" by Richard Henry Horne; [4] "Gelert" by Francis Orray Ticknor [5] and the dramatic poem "Llewellyn" by Walter Richard Cassels. [6]
Werewolf Club Rules, illustrated by John O'Leary winner of the CLPE CLIPPA Poetry Award 2015; Overheard in a Tower Block, illustrated by Kate Milner. Long-listed for the 2018 Carnegie Medal; Shortlisted for the CLPE Poetry Award 2018; Long-listed for the 2019 UKLA Book Awards; A Year of Nature Poems, Illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd
Character Source Notes Devil The Phantom: A trained wolf Florence Ambrose Freefall. [2]A bio-engineered wolf Alberto Lupo Alberto: A blue wolf who is a resident of the McKenzie farm.
Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, among the most famous of which are "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" and "The Duel" (which is perhaps better known as "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat"). Equally famous is his poem about the death of a child, "Little Boy Blue".