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 • Jan. 8, 2015
When the show began, patrons viewed a cinema which showed the cheetah, by this time almost as legendary as a loup-garou, retrieving duck and pheasant.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"And what must a loup-garou do with himself?" pursued Sainte-Hélène.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
He had often heard tales of the loup-garou, or witch wolf, whom no bullet could kill.
From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)
The trapper thinks of the "loup-garou," but no wolf-demon of native legend devoured the very real substance of that fox.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.