Folklore

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (Sioned Birchall)

Posted on 31 October 2024 by Jan Machielsen

In this second Halloween special, Sioned Birchall takes us to Norway and Brazil, showing how werewolf beliefs were the result of a complex interplay between folklore and fear across the globe. How(l) it all began… There has never been a consistent definition of a ‘werewolf’. Its lore and description significantly vary between cultures. Werewolf ‘accusations’
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