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
It might be made by the hilt of a sword; or did a loup-garou ever clatter paw against man's dwelling?
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
"Then," stammered Padraig, "it is not true that—that—" "That the loup-garou is abroad in the land?" finished Brother Basil with delicate scorn.
From Masters of the Guild by Lamprey, L.
The Mewan Indians call the giant wolf “Too-le-ze” and that is also the name they gave me, but I am not a werwolf, a loup-garou or a Too-le-ze.
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
