人狼

解説

付記

ある晩、数人のバイエルン農民が 狼を捕まえ、尻尾で柱に縛り付け、 そのまま寝床についた。 翌朝、そこには何もいなかった！ 大いに戸惑った彼らは、 地元の司祭に相談した。 司祭は、捕らえたものが間違いなく人狼であり、 夜の間に人間の姿に戻ったのだと告げた。 「次に狼を捕まえるときは」と、 この善良な男は言った。 「足を鎖につなぐようにしなさい。 そうすれば、朝にはルター派の人間を見つけるだろう。」

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Original

A wolf that was once, or is sometimes, a man. All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a beastial appetite, but some, transformed by sorcery, are as humane as is consistent with an acquired taste for human flesh.

Additional notes

Some Bavarian peasants having caught a wolf one evening, tied it to a post by the tail and went to bed. The next morning nothing was there! Greatly perplexed, they consulted the local priest, who told them that their captive was undoubtedly a werewolf and had resumed its human form during the night. "The next time that you take a wolf," the good man said, "see that you chain it by the leg, and in the morning you will find a Lutheran."