Early Irish forests were thick with wolves. Fierce, fast and predatory, it’s no wonder these animals inspired so many myths and stories before their extinction. The legend of the werewolf – men and women who could walk through the world in the shape of wolves – has captured imaginations for centuries.
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Sources and Further Reading
- Werewolf
- Wolves in Folklore, Religion and Mythology
- Bretha Crólige (Brehon Laws) translated by D. A. Binchy
Ossory Werewolves
- Leabhar Breathnach Annso Sis, translated by James Henthorn Todd
- Topographia Hibernia, by Gerald of Wales
- The Wonders of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce
- Werewolves of Ossory
St Ronan
- “Chronique IX” by By H. D’Arbois de Jubainville, in Revue Celtique (translation here)
- Ronan of Locronan
- stronans.co.uk
The Wolf Women of Cruachan Cave
- “The Story of the Three She-Wolves” in Irische Texte by Whitley Stokes
- “The Cave of Cruachan” in Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory
Lady Jane Wilde’s Wolf Stories – in Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland
Fiachna
“Fragmentary Annals” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady
Cormac Mac Art
- “Birth of Cormac Grandson of Conn” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady
- “The Birth of Cormac” in The High Deeds of Finn by T. W. Rolleston
Music
- The Butterfly by Sláinte
- Magic Forest by Kevin MacLeod
- Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod
- Surreal Forest by Meydän
- Smouldering by Kai Engel
Sound Effects
- Forest Day by sonidosreales245
- Dusk Wolf by killyourpepe
- Cooper Creek Solitary Wolf Howl by betchkal
- Wood of Wolves in the Rain by maurolupo
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