Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf
A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Introduction, a Postscript
1. The Trial
The Verdict Pronounced by the High Court of Dorpat [Tartu] (October 31, 1692)
2. Comparison of Old Thiess to Germanic Cult Groups, Folklore, and Persephone Myths
3. Comparison of Old Thiess to Friulian Benandanti, Russian Werewolves, and Shamanic Others
From “Germanic Mythology and Nazism: Thoughts on an Old Book by Georges Dumézil,” in Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method (1989)
“Freud, the Wolf-Man, and the Werewolves,” in Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method (1989)
From Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath (1989)
4. Comparison of Old Thiess to Learned Descriptions and Stereotypes of Livonian Werewolves and to the Benandanti: A Seventeenth-Century Werewolf and the Drama of Religious Resistance
5. Ginzburg Responds to Lincoln: Conjunctive Anomalies—A Reflection on Werewolves
6. Lincoln Responds to Ginzburg: Letter of February 8, 2017
7. The Case of Old Thiess: A Comparative Perspective
The Conversation Continues: Monday, October 2, 2017
Appendix B: A Livonian Narrative Featuring the Opposition of Werewolves and Witches
Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
History: European History
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