French werewolves Archives - Bone and Sickle

Mélusine, the Serpent Fairy

February 18, 2025 boneandsickle Arthurian, curses, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk tales, France, French werewolves, giants, history, hybrids, legends, literature, Melusine, Mélusine, mermaids, snakes

Mélusine is a female fairy of medieval legend. who suffers under a curse transforming her once weekly into a monstrous[…]

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#30 Loup-Garou, Werewolves in France

July 22, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, Bluebeard, cannibalism, Catholicism, Charles Perrault, Conomor the Accursed, crime, decapitation, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folklore, France, French werewolves, history, madness, murder, werewolves, witch trials, witchcraft

The werewolf (Fr: loup-garou) epidemic of 16th-century France forms the core of our show, but we also include some medieval[…]

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