Project Gutenberg 2012-09-15 Public domain in the USA. 381 Hamel, Frank Human Animals Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Introductory -- Transformation -- The bush-soul -- Human souls in animal bodies -- Animal dances -- Man-animal and animal-man -- Scapegoat and saint -- The wer-wolf trials -- The wer-wolf in myth and legend -- Lion- and tiger-men -- Wer-fox and wer-vixen -- Witches -- Familiars -- Transformation in folk-lore and fairy-tale -- Fabulous animals and monsters -- Human serpents -- Cat and cock phantoms -- Bird-women -- Family animals -- Animal ghosts -- The phantasmal double -- Animal elementals -- Animal spirits in ceremonial magic -- Conclusion. Produced by Douglas L. Alley, III, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Human Animals" by Frank Hamel is a scholarly exploration of the beliefs surrounding the transformation of humans into animals, written in the early 20th century. The work focuses on folklore and occultism, delving into various traditions and myths from different cultures that illustrate this phenomenon. It discusses the implications of lycanthropy, the mystical connections between humans and animals, and the cultural significance of such transformations. The beginning of the book sets a comprehensive framework for this extensive exploration. It introduces the idea that throughout history, many cultures have believed in the capacity for humans to metamorphose into animals, often attributing this power to sorcery or magical practices. The text elaborates on the mechanisms of transformation, including rituals and supernatural influences, and conveys how deeply ingrained these beliefs are across civilizations. Through various examples from folklore, Hamel reveals the common threads that unite human experiences with the animal realm, laying the groundwork for the chapters that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40772/40772-h/images/cover.jpg en Occultism Animals -- Folklore GR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 698775 698778 2024-10-17T08:26:01.805673 2023-09-17T16:06:39.867956 text/html text/html 699939 2012-09-15T14:02:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 282521 2012-09-15T14:03:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 305473 2024-10-17T08:26:14.848617 application/epub+zip 311163 2024-10-17T08:26:05.259695 application/epub+zip 311163 2024-10-17T08:26:03.129657 application/epub+zip 498597 2024-10-17T08:26:21.201594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467108 2024-10-17T08:26:13.016662 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467033 2022-09-18T16:19:11.741759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591756 2024-10-17T08:25:59.683714 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 591417 2012-09-15T14:02:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 230659 2012-09-15T14:03:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 591495 2012-09-15T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 230622 2012-09-15T14:03:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 591526 2012-09-15T14:03:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 230529 2012-09-15T14:03:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22975 2024-10-17T08:26:22.053626 application/rdf+xml 12199 2024-10-17T08:26:03.877649 image/jpeg 1854 2024-10-17T08:26:03.522660 image/jpeg 280540 2024-10-17T08:26:01.864733 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog