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I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. TRANSFORMATION 5

III. THE BUSH-SOUL 15

IV. HUMAN SOULS IN ANIMAL BODIES 23

V. ANIMAL DANCES 28

VI. MAN-ANIMAL AND ANIMAL-MAN 39

VII. SCAPEGOAT AND SAINT 45

VIII. THE WER-WOLF TRIALS 54

IX. THE WER-WOLF IN MYTH AND LEGEND 65

X. LION- AND TIGER-MEN 78

XI. WER-FOX AND WER-VIXEN 88

XII. WITCHES 103

XIII. FAMILIARS 120

XIV. TRANSFORMATION IN FOLK-LORE AND FAIRY-TALE 131

XV. TRANSFORMATION IN FOLK-LORE AND FAIRY-TALE
(_continued_) 143

XVI. FABULOUS ANIMALS AND MONSTERS 159

XVII. HUMAN SERPENTS 173

XVIII. CAT AND COCK PHANTOMS 189

XIX. BIRD-WOMEN 202

XX. FAMILY ANIMALS 215

XXI. ANIMAL GHOSTS 236

XXII. THE PHANTASMAL DOUBLE 261

XXIII. ANIMAL ELEMENTALS 270

XXIV. ANIMAL SPIRITS IN CEREMONIAL MAGIC 283

XXV. CONCLUSION 293

HUMAN ANIMALS