Unfortunately a miscellaneous study of "isms" and "ogonies" is often unproductive. Byron described the state of mind induced by ill-judged efforts in this direction in "Don Juan," Canto IX, 20:
Oh! ye immortal gods! What is Theogony?
Oh! thou, too, mortal man! What is philanthropy?
Oh! World, which was and is, what is cosmogony?
Some people have accused me of misanthropy;
And yet I know no more than the mahogany
That forms this desk, of what they mean,—Lycanthropy
I comprehend, for without transformation
Men become wolves on any slight occasion.
The seeker after the facts about animal-metamorphosis, confused by many undigested propositions, might thus also attempt to salve his conscience, for man is certainly sometimes near enough to the animal without physical change, but he would be fleeing to a subterfuge suitable only for the idle and the ignorant. To the earnest student there can be no rest until this obscure branch of occult science is cleared up, though it may be but a side issue leading to more important facts. If in the foregoing chapters a grain of truth lies hidden which will help to elucidate the problem with which they deal, they will have served their purpose in pushing a step or two through the darkness which shrouds so many secrets of Nature.
It is the mystery of the unknown
That fascinates us, we are children still,
Wayward and wistful; with one hand we cling
To the familiar things we call our own,
And with the other, resolute of will,
Grope in the dark for what the day will bring.
INDEX
Abyssinia, [79], [80]
Accadians, [288]
Agrippa, Cornelius, [285], [286]
Ainus, [182], [188]
Alexander the Great, [174]
Alligator, [23]
Andersen, Hans C, [156], [166], [212]
Animal Elementals, stories of, [271]-[2]
Animal trials, [200]
Antheus, [66]
Ants, [26]
Arabian Nights, [145], [211]
Arawaks, [24]-[5], [27], [141]
Arcadia, [66]
Arundels of Wardour, legend of, [224]
Ass, [80]-[1], [113]-[14], [131], [135]-[6], [140]-[1], [149], [155]
Assier, Adolphe d', on animal ghosts, [261], [262], [263], [264], [267]
Assyrians, [288]
Auvergne, Gentleman of, [69]
Bakongs, [19]
Barrett's "Magus," [284], [285]
Basilisk, [171], [186]
Bat, [26]
Bear, [17], [147]
Berserkers, [147]
Beswick, Miss, legend of, [229]-[31]
Bisclaveret, [72]-[7]
Bison, [23], [30]
Black dog of Hergest, [241]
Blacksmith, suspicions concerning, [79], [80], [84], [85]
Black Vaughan, [241]
Blackwood, Algernon, [161], [195]
Blanche Biche, [115]-[17]
Blavatsky, Mme., [273]-[5]
Blue milk, story of, [268]-[9]
Boanthropy, [76], [294]
Bodin, [103]
Boguet, [58], [103]
Bouda, [32], [79], [80], [81], [82], [84], [85], [92]
Bourgot, Pierre, [54]-[6]
Brer Rabbit, [158]
Butterfly, [26], [120]
Cadmus, [173]
Cagliostro, Count, [197]
Cakchiquel Indians, [184]
Callaly Castle, [232]-[3]
Calmuc stories, [148], [167]
Cambrensis, Giraldus, [13], [170]-[8]
Cariden, Joan, witch, [125]
Caridwen, [141]
Cat, [3], [7], [25], [106]-[9], [128], [189]-[98]
Cate, Anne, [124]
Centaurs, [160], [161]
Chaldeans, [287]
Châlons, tailor of, [60], [64]
Chanticleer, [200]
Cherokee Indians, [3]
Choctaw, [18]
Circe, [131], [132], [278], [279]
Clark, Helen, witch, [123]
Clarke, Elizabeth, witch, [121], [122], [123]
Clifton family, legend of, [224]
Closeburn Castle, [220]-[2]
Cock, [45], [198]-[200]
Cockatrice, [172]
Conaire the Great, [235]
Coneely clan, [233]
Corcini, Andrew, [50]
Cox, Julian, witch, [105]-[6]
Coyote, [30]
Creeks, [23], [30]
Crishna, [174]-[5]
Crocodile, [17], [24]
Cuchullaine, [235]
Dodge, Richard, [258]
Dog, stories of, [52], [53], [104], [109]-[10], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125], [138], [171], [219], [225]-[6], [238], [239], [240], [241]-[2], [243], [250], [266]
Dog-ribs, [26]
Donkey (see [Ass])
Dove, [135]
— -maiden, [211]-[12]
Dragon, [171]
— St. George and the, [186], [226]
Drake, Sir Francis, ghost of, [259]
Du Chaillu, [84]
Duke, alias Manning, Alice, witch, [126]
Dweller on the Threshold, [273]
Elementals, [281]-[2]
Elizabeth, Queen, [118]
Eskimo, [19], [29], [31], [32] n.
— legend, [210]
Ferrers family, legend of, [215]-[6]
Flower, family of witches, [129]
— Joan, [127]-[8]
— Margaret, [127]-[8]
— Phillip, [127]-[8]
Fotis, [139]-[41]
Galipote, [54]
Gandillon, George, [59]
— Perrenette, [59]
— Pierre, [59]
Garnier, Gilles, [57]
Geti Afraz, [133]-[8]
Glanvill, Joseph, [103], [111], [249], [250]
Gnomes, [281], [282]
Goat, [45]
Gooding, Elizabeth, witch, [123]
Gordon, Sir Thomas Edward, [191]-[2]
Gorgons, [159], [163]
Gormanston, Viscounts, legend of, [223]-[4]
Grand Veneur, [259]-[60]
Grant, Margaret, witch, [11]
Grenier, Jean, [61]-[64]
Grierson, Isabel, witch, [108]
Hallybread, Rose, witch, [124]
Hapton Tower, [228]-[9]
Hare, phantom, legends of, [105], [253]-[5]
Harmonia, [173]
Harpies, [159], [162]
Hercules, [42]
Herod, [42]
Hiuen-Tsiang, [179], [187]
Holt Castle, ghost at, [257]
Hoopoe, [213], [214]
Hopi, [33]-[5]
Hopkins, Matthew, [121]-[3]
Horse, [111]-[13], [163]
Horseshoes, [112]
Hott, Jane, witch, [125]
Hound's Pool, [241]
Howard, Lady, [228]
Hyæna, [26], [79], [80]
Iroquois, [18]
James I, [64], [103]
Kaju wizards, [130]
Kalitas, [27]
Kalmucks, [43]
Kanaima tiger, [87]
Kingfisher, [214]
Kirkpatrick family, legend of, [220]-[2]
Kobenas, [37]
Kynanthropy, [76]
"Lady of the Lake," [222]
La Fontaine, J. de, [156]-[7]
Lamb, Charles, [159]
Lamboyo, [4]
Lambton family, legend of, [227]
Lamia, [175]
Lapwing, [214]
Le Brun, Charles, [42]
Leopard, [33]
— Society, [66], [86]-[7]
Levi, Eliphas, [67]-[9], [278]-[9]
Lilith, [172], [275]
Livingstone, [82], [82] n.
Ljeschi, [164]
Lohengrin, [146]
Lorelei, [147]
Loup-garou, [12]
Lowther, Jemmy, [227]
Lucius, [139]-[40]
Lycanthropy, [2], [7], [8], [76], [84], [266], [295]
— faithless men consigned to prison for, [53]
Lycaon, [66]
Magnus, Olaus, [74]
Magpie, [209]
Malec Muhammed, [133]-[8]
Mamor, Pierre, [51]
Manx dog, [240]-[1]
Mara, [147]-[8]
Marie de France, [72], [74] n.
Melanesians, [21]-[2]
Mermaids, [164]-[7]
Meroc, sorceress, [114]
Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass of Apuleius, [114], [139], [201]
Minerva, [173]
Minotaur, [167]-[8]
Monkey, [27]
Moquis, [33]-[7]
Moth, [26]
Mouse-maiden, [143]-[5]
Muscipula, [42]
Naga, [174], [178], [187]
Nagual, [19], [22]
Navajos, [25]
Nereides, [164]
Nightingale, [208], [214]
Nin-Gilbert, Margaret, witch, [106]-[8]
Obrick's Colt, [245]
Ojibways, [17]
Omaha, [30]
Osages, [17]
O-tsze, [88], [90]
Owl-women, [202]-[4], [206], [207]
Ox, [137], [153]
Oxenham family, legend of, [216]-[8]
Pamphile, [139], [201]
Paracelsus, [51], [267], [268], [279]-[82]
Peele Castle, ghost at, [240]
Petronius, [66]
Pig, [44]
Poiret, Margaret, [60]-[2]
Pondoro, [82], [83]
Powis family, legend of, [234]
Puck, [155]
Radcliffe family, legend of, [226]
Raqhosh, [151]-[2]
Repercussion stories, [109], [193]-[97]
Reresby, Sir John, [257]
Reynard, [157]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [42]
Roaring Bull of Bagbury, [237]
Robin, [213]
Rollet, Jacques, [59]-[60], [64]
Ross, Lord, [127]-[8]
Rutland, Earl of, [127]-[8]
St. Benedict, [48]
St. Catherine of Sweden, [49]
St. Francis of Assisi, [47]
St. Francis of Paula, [46]
St. Macarius, [113]
St. Pascal Baylon, [50]
St. Peter, [49]
St. Regulus, [46]
St. Ronan, [47]
St. Stanislaus Kostka, [49]
St. Vincent Ferrer, [48]
St. William of Acquitaine, [51]
Salamanders, [281]
Samyama, [270]-[1]
Satyrs, [159], [164]
Scott, Reginald, [64], [103], [113], [114] n., [283], [284]
Scott, Sir Walter, [103], [222]
Sea-gull, [210]
Seal, legend of, [233]-[4]
Sebek, [24]
Sekhet, [189]
Senkepeng, story of, [183]
Serpent (see [Snake]), [173]-[88]
"Seven Whistlers," the, [256]
Siderial body, [68]
Sirens, [281], [282]
Skin-dress in transformation, [142], [143]
Snake (see [Serpent]), [18], [33]-[7]
Sparrow, Susan, witch, [124]
Sphinx, [162]
Style, Elizabeth, witch, [126]
Swan-maidens, [145], [201]
Swifte, Edmund, [238]
Swine, [46]
Sybil (Lady), of Bernshaw Tower, [228]-[9]
Sylvestres, [281], [282]
Tamaniu, [21], [22]
Tanoana, [4]
Tanuki, [97], [98]
Tedworth, Drummer of, [249]
Thessala, sorceress, [154]-[5]
Tiger, [11]
Tigritiya, [32]
Tinkhlet Indian, [19]
Toradjas, [4]
Tower ghost, [238]
Townley family, legend of, [228]-[9]
Transformation, methods of, [5]-[7], [111], [143], [149]-[50], [151]-[3]
Transmigration, Egyptian belief in, [153]-[4]
— Indian view of, [276]-[7]
"Trash," story of, [243]
Tregeagle, [242]
Trials of Bourgot, [54]-[6]
— Gandillon family, [59], [64]
— Garnier, [57]
— Grenier, [61]-[3]
— Rollet, [59]
Tumbukas, [77]
Ulysses, [131], [132]
Undines, [281], [282]
Valkyries, [146], [201]
Vampire, [4], [47], [53], [290]
Venner, Elsie, [177]-[8]
Versipelles, [67]
Vouivre, [186]
Webster, Dr., [103]
Wells, H. G., [167], [168]-[70]
Wer-foxes, [88]-[102], [149]
Wer-lion, [82]
Wer-tiger, [77], [87]
Wer-wolf, [4], [5], [6], [7], [10], [11], [13], [51], [54]-[77], [290]-[1]
Wesley, Rev. Samuel, [250]
West, Anne, witch, [122], [123], [124], [125]
West, Rebecca, witch, [123]
White bird, legends of (see also [Oxenham]), [255]-[6]
White doe of Rylstone, [117]-[19]
Wierius, Johannus, [54]
William of Palermo, [70]-[2]
Willimott, Joan, witch, [129]
Willington Mill, ghosts at, [251]-[3]
Witches of Chelmsford, [121]
— Pendle, [103]-[5]
— Strasburg, [109]
— Vernon, [109]
Witch of Niort, [109]-[10]
Wolf-worship, [65]
Woodpecker, [208]
Wyecoller Hall, ghost at, [258]-[9]
York Castle, ghost at, [257]
Zeus, [65]
Zulus, [188]
Zuni, [29], [30], [185]