FRANK HAMEL

London, 1915


TO
C. A. W.


[CONTENTS.]

chapter page
Preface[vii]
I.Introductory[1]
II.Transformation[5]
III.The Bush-Soul[15]
IV.Human Souls in Animal Bodies[23]
V.Animal Dances[28]
VI.Man-Animal and Animal-Man[39]
VII.Scapegoat and Saint[45]
VIII.The Wer-Wolf Trials[54]
IX.The Wer-Wolf in Myth and Legend[65]
X.Lion- and Tiger-Men[78]
XI.Wer-Fox and Wer-Vixen[88]
XII.Witches[103]
XIII.Familiars[120]
XIV.Transformation in Folk-lore and Fairy-tale[131]
XV.Transformation in Folk-lore and Fairy-tale
(continued)[143]
XVI.Fabulous Animals and Monsters[159]
XVII.Human Serpents[173]
XVIII.Cat and Cock Phantoms[189]
XIX.Bird-Women[202]
XX.Family Animals[215]
XXI.Animal Ghosts[236]
XXII.The Phantasmal Double[261]
XXIII.Animal Elementals[270]
XXIV.Animal Spirits in Ceremonial Magic[283]
XXV.Conclusion[293]