Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 05:14 PM

About the "implied lycanthrope" about Mr. Fox-- no-one knowing who he is might also be a clue to him being a foreigner of some sort.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 09:45 PM

Or just an outsider to the area where the story's set- which would be anywhere rural and English that it was found. In one variant, the murderous suitor/demon lover is a university student who arrives with a friend to dig the heroine's grave and she sings a song revealing what she saw from a tree. Anyone have ideas on these?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 03 Dec 11 - 06:18 PM

Refresh.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 06 Dec 11 - 05:04 PM

Anyone want to talk about this?

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 18 Dec 11 - 02:12 AM

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Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: GUEST,Inanna
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 05:22 AM

http://re-enchantment.abc.net.au/re-enchantment.html

You might want to explore the Bluebeard stuff there, especially the different story variants.

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: Jon Corelis
Date: 21 Feb 12 - 10:40 PM

An Encyclopedia of Occultism (a fascinating book) by Lewis Spence has a long article on Werewolf. I've only just skimmed it and I don't know if it addresses the specific things you were asking about, but I did notice that he has a paragraph or two about the popularity of the belief in France.

The book was originally published in Britain in 1920, but there is a recent Dover reprint.

Jon Corelis
Oh, when I was in love with you by A. E. Housman: a musical setting

Subject: RE: Folklore: Cunmar the Accursed (Brittany)
From: Jon Corelis
Date: 24 Feb 12 - 10:01 AM

I had vaguely remembered a book on this subject when I posted the above, but I couldn't think of the title. I remember now, it's The book of were-wolves by Sabine Baring-Gould, published in the mid-19th century. I've only just glanced through it, but I noticed that it has a long discussion of The Marechal de Retz, who I believe is the same person as Gilles de Rais. You can get a free on line copy from Google Books, and there is also a cheap Dover reprint available from the usual book sellers.

Jon Corelis
Kaleidoscope: Great Poems Set to Music