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  2. Thiess of Kaltenbrun - Wikipedia

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    Thiess of Kaltenbrunn (Kniedini), also spelled Thies, and commonly referred to as the Livonian werewolf, was a Livonian man who was put on trial for heresy in Jürgensburg, Swedish Livonia, in 1692. At the time in his eighties, Thiess openly proclaimed himself to be a werewolf ( wahrwolff ), claiming that he ventured into Hell with other ...

  3. Marchosias - Wikipedia

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    Marchosias appears as a fire-spitting chimeric wolf with the wings of a griffon and the tail of a serpent.. In demonology, Marchosias is a great and mighty Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons.

  4. Hellhound - Wikipedia

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    Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol

  5. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...

  6. List of werewolves - Wikipedia

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    Referred to as a "Hound Of God", she is a guardian to Nobody "Bod" Owens and saves him from a group of goblins Remus Lupin: J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter: A werewolf who was bitten when he was young by Fenrir Greyback. Despite wizarding society discriminating against werewolves, he briefly teaches at Hogwarts and fights against the Death Eaters ...

  7. Hati Hróðvitnisson - Wikipedia

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    Snorri also gives another name for a wolf who swallows the Moon, Mánagarmr ([ˈmɑːnɑˌɡɑrmz̠], "Moon-Hound", or "Moon's Dog"). Hati's patronymic Hróðvitnisson , attested in both the Eddic poem " Grímnismál " and the Gylfaginning section of the Prose Edda , indicates that he is the son of Fenrir , for whom Hróðvitnir ("Famous Wolf ...

  8. The 21 Greatest Werewolf Movies Of All Time, Ranked

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    This werewolf film from 1985 may not be the best Stephen King adaptation of its time, but that does not change that the film is suspenseful and engaging in the way King's work often is while being ...

  9. Black dog (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    The Yeth Hound (or Yell Hound) is a black dog found in Devon folklore. According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , the Yeth Hound is a headless dog, said to be the spirit of an unbaptised child, that rambles through the woods at night making wailing noises.