Werewolves of Ossory - Wikipedia
The legendary werewolves of Ossory, a kingdom of early medieval Ireland, are the subject of a number of accounts in medieval Irish, English and Norse works. The werewolves were said to have been the descendants of a legendary figure named Laignech Fáelad whose line gave rise to the kings of Ossory .
The Ossory Werewolves - Kilkenny Castle
The Ossory Werewolves. Accounts of the fabled werewolves of Ossory are recorded in Medieval Irish, English and Norse sources. The legends most likely originated from the fact that warriors in ancient Ireland are often referred to as having wolf like characteristics from the wearing of wolf skins to have wild hairstyles.
St. Patrick and the Ossory Werewolves - Medievalists.net
2020年3月16日 · How a tale of cursed werewolves in Ireland finds its way to 13th century Norway. Konung skuggsjá, ‘The King’s Mirror’, is an Old Norwegian treatise composed around the mid-13th century.
The Man-Wolves of Ossory - Wonders of Ireland - Library Ireland
According to him there were always two of the Ossory people—a man and a woman—passing their lives in the shape of wolves: each couple remained so for seven years, at the end of which time, if they lived so long, they were permitted to return to …
The werewolves of Ossory – Monstrous.com
The werewolves of Ossory A priest was journeying from Ulster to Meath accompanied only by a single youth when they were benighted in a wood. They had kindled a fire when a huge wolf approached them and spoke, telling the travellers to fear nothing.
Werewolves in Medieval Europe - Medieval History
2024年10月24日 · The Werewolves of Ossory. During the late C12th, the region of Ossory in Ireland was absorbed into Henry II’s growing Angevin empire. In the late 1180s, Gerald of Wales toured the area with Prince John and wrote Topographica Hibernica, detailing the peoples and landscape of Ireland.
Werewolves of Ossory
Werewolves of Ossory The motif of the werewolf is strong in Irish folklore. There are a number of old tales about strange tribes of wolf-men living in remote areas of County Tipperary, whose assistance was often sought by the ancient kings of Ireland when they made war upon each other.
Reason, Freedom, and Animality: A Small Point on Gerald’s Werewolves
Gerald of Wales’s story of the werewolves of Ossory from his History and Topography of Ireland has been the subject of frequent scholarly attention.
Werewolves of Ossory – Maegan A. Stebbins - Maverick-Werewolf
The monk is even more freaked out, but the werewolves explain that they are from Ossory, a place where they were turned into wolves as – essentially – a trial, much like in Arcadia. A man and a woman from their land takes the form of a wolf once every seven years.
The Tale of Saint Natalis and the Ossory Werewolves
2020年1月27日 · It became one of the first werewolf stories ever recorded. A Norse work written about 1250 A.D., Konungs Skuggsja (King’s Mirror), describes Irish werewolves as being humans who were cursed as a divine punishment for wickedness. The tale is …