TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Monsters of the Gévaudan : the making of a beast
A1  - Smith, Jay M.
LA  - eng
PP  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
YR  - 2011
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2316004
AB  - In 1764 a peasant girl was killed and partially eaten while tending sheep. Eventually, over a hundred victims fell prey to a mysterious creature whose deadly efficiency mesmerized Europe. Monsters of the Gevaudan revisits this spellbinding tale and offers the definitive explanation for its mythic status in French folklore.
SN  - 0674047168 sidottu
SN  - 9780674047167 sidottu
KW  - Beast of Gévaudan : History.
KW  - Discourse analysis, Narrative.
KW  - Monsters : France : Gévaudan : Folklore.
KW  - Narration (Rhetoric) : Social aspects : France : History.
KW  - Popular culture : France : Gévaudan : History : 18th century.
KW  - Wolf attacks : France : Gévaudan : History : 18th century.
KW  - Wolves : France : Gévaudan : Folklore.
KW  - folkloristiikka
KW  - hirviöt
KW  - kansankertomukset
KW  - kansanperinne
KW  - myytit
KW  - petoeläimet
KW  - susi
KW  - Gévaudan (France) : Social life and customs : 18th century.
KW  - Ranska : Gévaudan
ER  -