The beast within
The beast within
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里面的野兽
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1989
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D. Waugh
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大多数人对狼人的了解只是来自好莱坞编剧的狂热想象。但是，一个温和的人类变成一个咆哮的动物的形象是从哪里来的呢？为什么可怕的变化会发生在满月？为什么银弹应该解除可怕的午夜遭遇带来的诅咒？这本书是关于我们最有力的象征之一的历史。从旧石器时代早期的动物崇拜到现代的精神病院。它考察了古希腊和古埃及，凯尔特，挪威甚至基督教神话中的狼人-一种产生中世纪怪物和狗头的血统（以及对仁慈的狼人的迷人描述），以及16世纪和17世纪巫术审判的顶峰，当时所谓的狼人因其恶魔般的做法而被烧死。许多理性的“科学”解释已经被提出来解释狼人，例如未确诊的精神疾病或摄入自然产生的致幻剂;其他权威引用萨满教邪教或许多神话中的骗子和变形人。但是，尽管变狼术在许多传统社会中仍然是一股强大的力量，但在西方，狼人主要生活在电影中，无论是在朗·钱尼的伪装下，还是在像《沃尔芬》这样的电影中。这本书将历史、神话、文化和精神病学与一个引人注目的故事联系起来。
Most people know about werewolves only from the fevered imagination of some Hollywood scriptwriter. But where did the image of a mild human transformed into a snarling animal come from? Why is the terrible change supposed to take place at the full moon? And why should silver bullets be supposed to lift the curse brought on by a dreadful midnight encounter? This book is about the history of one of our most potent symbols. It ranges from early Palaeolithic animal cults to modern psychiatric wards. It examines lycanthropy in Classical Greece and Ancient Egypt, in Celtic, Norse and even Christian mythology - a bloodline which produced the Monsters and Dog-Heads of the Middle Ages (and fascinating accounts of beneficent werewolves), and the zenith of the witchcraft trials of the 16th and 17th centuries, when alleged werewolves were burnts for their diabolical practices. Many rational "scientific" explanations have been proposed to account for werewolves, such as undiagnozed psychiatric illness or the ingestion of naturally occurring hallucinogens; other authorities invoke shamanistic cults or the tricksters and shape-shifters of many mythologies. But while lycanthropy remains a powerful force in many traditional societies, in the West the werewolf lives on above all in the cinema, whether in the guise of Lon Chaney or in films like "Wolfen". This book brings history, mythology, culture and psychiatry to bear upon a compelling story.