loup-garou
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George Rodrigue, who died in 2013, was catapulted to fame by his blue dog paintings, which were based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou.
From BBC
Many murders are said to be committed in this way, after the manner of the mythical German wehr-wolf or the French loup-garou.
From Project Gutenberg
The crisp snapping of twigs, succeeded by a rattling of small stones, were caused, not by the pads of the black loup-garou, but by a body weightier and less cowardly.
From Project Gutenberg
He is kin with those creatures of legend, the loup-garou, the vampire.
From Project Gutenberg
The trapper thinks of the "loup-garou," but no wolf-demon of native legend devoured the very real substance of that fox.
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