Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective 022667438X, 9780226674384

In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far

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Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective
022667438X, 9780226674384

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