Werewolves, magical hounds, and dog-headed men in Celtic literature
Subtitle: a typological study of shape-shifting
By: Phillip A. Bernhardt-House ; with a foreword by John Carey.
Contributors: Carey, John, 1934-
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780773437142
Subjects: Celtic literature -- History and criticism; Werewolves in literature; Shapeshifting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by John Carey; title: Preface and Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations; title: Introduction:  The canid question; title: Celtic canids:  The status quaestionis; title: Outline and methodology; title: Celtic canids:  Ordinary, renowned, and monstrous; title: Canids:  Ordinary; title: Canids:  Noteworthy; title: Canids:  Monstrous; title: Conclusions; title: Canids in serial shapeshifting; title: Serial shapeshifting in Wales; title: Serial shapeshifting in Ireland; title: Late instances of serial shapeshifting in Scotland and Brittany; title: Celtic lycanthropy, cynanthropy, and other canid therioanthropies; title: Metaphorical werewolves; title: Constitutional werewolves; title: "The Werewolf's Tale"; title: Transformation by spell or curse; title: "Threat" of werewolves; title: Cynocephali, cynocephaloids, and other mutts; title: Cynocephali:  An introduction; title: "Doghead"; title: "Dogheads"; title: "Dog's Heads"; title: Conclusions; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix One:  Canid terms and elements in personal names; title: Appendix Two:  Celtic canids in archaeology, classical sources and iconography; title: Appendix Three:  Celtic canids in legal sources; title: Appendix Four:  The hounds of the Fianna; title: Appendix Five:  Edition of "Conceand ingi Cathbaidh caim" with provisional translation.