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

And then again he saw it, and yet again, sometimes one shadow, sometimes two shadows, silent, furtive, like the loup-garou with which his nurse had scared him in his childhood.

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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

"You keel loup-garou with knife?" he asked, as if seeking corroboration for an unbelievable story.

From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)