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
Marie de France in her "Lays" included the Breton romance of Bisclaveret, the loup-garou.
From Masters of the Guild by L. Lamprey
Perhaps the priest may be right, wife, and this about loup-garou may not be true.
From A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith
"I will say this for a loup-garou, Father Gaspard: a loup-garou may have a harder time in this world than the other beasts, but he is no coward; he can make a good death."
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Likewise, one might run into haints, phantasmagorical flaming skulls, duppies, lycanthropic loups-garous and more.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
He opens the door and window that have been shut tight against strangers and the loups-garous, the werewolves that stalk the nights of the superstitious.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are the loups-garous; in their bodies ride the spirits of devils, and there they will ride until the bodies die.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
Of course for every case of real malady many were imputed or charged upon poor creatures, who were driven to madness by groundless charges of witchcraft and sorcery, and being loups-garous in secret.
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
It was late October,—a time which might be called the yearly Sabbath of loups-garous.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
