Show M Iii l P f R r LORE WEREWOLF = STORIES OF MEN TRANSFORMED BY DESTINY OF WILL itServant Servant Who Being a LoupGarou I Found Food for MasterExposure of the Wife of a Nobleman 1 i II A of Auvergne John of Nuremberg relates how n fmnnlosl nt night In n strango country coun-try directed his steps towards a fire that ho saw before him On reaching It ho found a wolf sitting enjoying Its warmth nnd was Informed by him h that ho was really as human ns himself z him-self but that ho wan compelled for a 1 certain number of years llko all hIs 1t countrymen to assume tho nhapo of a ± wolfA strnngo country Indeed where j wolves when tho evenings grow chilly s light a ire i anti In the comfort of Its ruddy slow ore found ready to entertain 9 enter-tain tho passing traveler with their conversation I Olaus Mngnus In tho early part of a tho sixteenth century tells us a story of n nobleman and his retinue who I lost tholr way In journeying through n wild forest and presently found themselves hopelessly foodlcsf nod shelterless In tho urgency of their need one of tho servants disclosed to him In confidence that ho had tho power of turning himself nt will Into a wolf and doubted not but that If his master would kindly excuse him awhile ho would bo able to find the party some provision Permission being be-ing given tho mnn disappeared Into tho forest under semblance of a wolf nnd very quickly returned with n Iamb In his mouth and then having fulfilled his mission resumed his human r man form In Auvergne In 11588 a nobleman In returning from tho chase wns stopped s by a stranger who told him that ho had boon furiously attacked by a sav 1 ago wolf but had been fortunate v enough to save himself by slashing off ono of Its forepaws This ho pro duced as a trophy when to the astonishment as-tonishment of both it was found to have become tho delicate hand of a lady The nobleman felt so sure that 1 ho recognized a ring upon It that ho hurried to the castle and there found hla wife sitting with her arm tied up j and on removing the wrappers tho hand was missing She had to stand j her trial as a loup garou and being convicted perished at tho stake Hulmoa Natural History Lore and Legend |