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WEREWOLVES
IN ENGLAND PEOPLE USED TO PUT BROOMS OUTSIDE THEIR DOORS TO WARD
OFF WEREWOLVES. THE WEREWOLVES COULD NOT RESIST THE TEMPTATION
TO COUNT EACH BRISTLE OF THE BROOMS, AND THIS TASK KEPT THEM
BUSY UNTIL THE FULL MOON DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
THE WERWOLF OF KOTTERN
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A VERY POOR MAN WHO HAD TWELVE CHILDERN.
HE LIVED IN THE TOWN OF KOTTERN. HE WAS SO POOR THAT HE COULDN,T
AFFORD TO BUY THE WOOD FOR HIS HOME. SO, HE STOLE THE WOOD AND WAS
CAUGHT IN THE ACT. OUT OF FEAR OF SEVERE BODILY PUNISHMENT, HE FLED
TO THE WOODS TO HANG HIMSELF.
SUDDENLY A STRANGER APPEARED AND ASKED THE MAN WHAT HIS TROUBLE WAS.
THE STRANGER LAUGHED AND TOLD THE POOR MAN THERE WAS AN ESAY WAY
TO ESCAPE FROM JUSTICE. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS BECOME A WOLF.
HE COULD DO THIS BY CONCENTRATING ON THE DEVIL AND COMPLETING
IGNORING GOD. WHEN THE POLICE ARRESTED THE THIEF, HE WOULD
CONCENTRATE ON THE DEVIL AND WOULD IMMEDIATELY CHANGE INTO A WOLF.
THE POLICE WOULD RUN AWAY. THE MAN BEGAN TO ENJOY THE POWER TO
CHANGE INTO A WOLF WHENEVER HE FELT LIKE SCARING SOMEONE. BUT EVERY
NOW AND THEN HIS CHILDREN NOTICED THAT THEIR FATHER SMELLED FROM
BLOOD.
ONE DAY IN BROAD DAY LIGHT, THE MAN GOT THE URGE TO TURN INTO A WOLF
AND HE COULDN,T CONTROL HIMSELF. THE CHILDREN THEN KNEW THEIR FATHER
WAS A WERWOLF.
THAT VERY DAY THE FATHER DISAPPEARED AND HIS FAMILY BECAME
EVEN POORER.
Data entry tech comment: THE KEYPUNCHER HAS CORRECTED THE COLLECTOR,S SPELLING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT ONLY TO FIND PUNISHMENT. ; TRANSFORMATION: MAN TRANSFORMED FROM MAN TO WOLF TO SAVE SELF FROM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
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OLD ITALIAN BELIEF
IN THE CITY OF TRAMPENI IN SOUTHERN ITALY WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT FOUR
YEARS OLD IN A CONVERSATION OF ADULTS WHICH SHE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO
BE LISTENING IN ON, HEARD THAT THE WEARING OF STRUNG GARLIC AROUND
THE NECK WILL KEEP THE WEARER SAFE FROM VAMPIRES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire PROSE NARRATIVE -- B860 |
IN SCOTLAND IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON SOME
MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
THE BEAR MAN- A WEREBEAR STORY
THERE WAS A MAN IN A VILLAGE WHO EVERY NIGHT WOULD
CHANGE INTO A VICIOUS BEAR. HIS WIFE MARRIED HIM NOT
KNOWING HE WAS CURSED. WHEN HE WOULD FEEL HIS BLOOD
RUNNING VERY HOT, HE WOULD HAVE HIS WIFE LOCK HIM IN
A ROOM. HE TOLD HER THAT WHEN SHE SAW HAIRY HANDS
UNDERNEATH THE DOOR NOT TO LET HIM OUT. WHEN SHE
SAW CLEAN, SMOOTH HANDS SHE COULD OPEN THE DOOR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VAMPIRE STORY
COUNT DRACULAS ONLY LIVING DESCENDANT HAS BEEN TRACED TO BE WORKING
NOW IN A BLOOD BANK IN THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
NEGRO FOLKTALE
IN ONE OF THE LOUISIANA PARISHES {COUNTIED} THIS TALE
CIRCULATES ABOUT A NEGRO MAN AND HIS "YALLER" WOMAN:
EVERY NIGHT THE NEGRO NOTICED THAT HIW WIFE, A "YALLER"
WOMAN WOULD GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND
SPIN OFF HER SKIN IN THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE. WHEN SHE
WAS FINISHED, SHE WOULD THROW HER SKIN UNDER THE BED
AND GO OFF INTO THE NIGHT LOOKING LIKE A BIG "YALLER"
CAT. EVERY NIGHT SHE DID THIS, SO ONE NIGHT THE NEGRO
THOUGHT HE WOULD FOOL HER. AFTER SHE LEFT THE HOUSE IN
THE SHAPE OF A CAT, HE PULLED HER SKIN OUT FROM UNDER THE
BED AND FILLED IT WITH RED HOT COALS. HE THEN GOT BACK IN
BED AND WAITED 'TIL SHE CAME HOME. JUST 'FORE DAWN CAME,
THE WOMAN RETURNED AND WENT TO HOP BACK INTO HER SKIN.
WHEN SHE DID, SHE SCREAMED SO LOUD TO CURDLE THE NEGRO'S
BLOOD AND RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WAS SEEN NO MORE.
Submitter comment: YELLOW NEGRO WERECAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 01-20-1968
APEMAN LEGEND
IN CLEVELAND METRO PARK, AN APEMAN IS BELIEVED TO BE
RUNNING AROUND IN THE VALLEY. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT
IT EXISTED TOO. PEOPLE FOUND DEAD POSSUMS, RABBITS,
AND SQUIRRELS ALL SKINNED AND LEFT. PARENTS WERE WARNED
TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VALLEY. MEN WENT
HUNTING AT NIGHT FOR THE APEMAN. HE WAS BELIEVED TO
LIVE IN A CAVE. IT WAS NEVER FOUND.
Where learned: OHIO ; LAKEWOOD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
IN SCOTLAND IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A FULL MOON SOME
MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
THE BEAR MAN- A WEREBEAR STORY
THERE WAS A MAN IN A VILLAGE WHO EVERY NIGHT WOULD
CHANGE INTO A VICIOUS BEAR. HIS WIFE MARRIED HIM NOT
KNOWING HE WAS CURSED. WHEN HE WOULD FEEL HIS BLOOD
RUNNING VERY HOT, HE WOULD HAVE HIS WIFE LOCK HIM IN
A ROOM. HE TOLD HER THAT WHEN SHE SAW HAIRY HANDS
UNDERNEATH THE DOOR NOT TO LET HIM OUT. WHEN SHE
SAW CLEAN, SMOOTH HANDS SHE COULD OPEN THE DOOR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DID NOT BELIEVE THIS AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VAMPIRE STORY
COUNT DRACULAS ONLY LIVING DESCENDANT HAS BEEN TRACED TO BE WORKING
NOW IN A BLOOD BANK IN THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
NEGRO FOLKTALE
IN ONE OF THE LOUISIANA PARISHES {COUNTIED} THIS TALE
CIRCULATES ABOUT A NEGRO MAN AND HIS "YALLER" WOMAN:
EVERY NIGHT THE NEGRO NOTICED THAT HIW WIFE, A "YALLER"
WOMAN WOULD GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND
SPIN OFF HER SKIN IN THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE. WHEN SHE
WAS FINISHED, SHE WOULD THROW HER SKIN UNDER THE BED
AND GO OFF INTO THE NIGHT LOOKING LIKE A BIG "YALLER"
CAT. EVERY NIGHT SHE DID THIS, SO ONE NIGHT THE NEGRO
THOUGHT HE WOULD FOOL HER. AFTER SHE LEFT THE HOUSE IN
THE SHAPE OF A CAT, HE PULLED HER SKIN OUT FROM UNDER THE
BED AND FILLED IT WITH RED HOT COALS. HE THEN GOT BACK IN
BED AND WAITED 'TIL SHE CAME HOME. JUST 'FORE DAWN CAME,
THE WOMAN RETURNED AND WENT TO HOP BACK INTO HER SKIN.
WHEN SHE DID, SHE SCREAMED SO LOUD TO CURDLE THE NEGRO'S
BLOOD AND RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WAS SEEN NO MORE.
Submitter comment: YELLOW NEGRO WERECAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 01-20-1968
APEMAN LEGEND
IN CLEVELAND METRO PARK, AN APEMAN IS BELIEVED TO BE
RUNNING AROUND IN THE VALLEY. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT
IT EXISTED TOO. PEOPLE FOUND DEAD POSSUMS, RABBITS,
AND SQUIRRELS ALL SKINNED AND LEFT. PARENTS WERE WARNED
TO KEEP THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF THE VALLEY. MEN WENT
HUNTING AT NIGHT FOR THE APEMAN. HE WAS BELIEVED TO
LIVE IN A CAVE. IT WAS NEVER FOUND.
Where learned: OHIO ; LAKEWOOD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
Superstition
Werewolf Moon
When the moon takes on a very orange color, this is said to be the time when werewolves come out.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): COLOR ; FANTASY ; Man ; MOON ; Orange ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; Transform ; TRANSFORMATION ; Werewolf ; Wolf
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Moon |