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
Among some of the races of India, among the Khonds of the mountains of Orissa, a superstition obtains like that of the loup-garou of France.
From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard
There is scarcely any malignant spirit, from a loup-garou to an ague, which cannot be found in the deserts of Aquitaine.
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
"Father Gaspard," inquired Sainte-Hélène suddenly, "did you ever hear of such a thing as a loup-garou?"
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
