Wild & Free: Yongguk "If anyone knows anything about werewolves..."

Audra: french, meaning nobility and strength
books.google.com/books?id=   (also mentioned in An Examen of Witches by Henry Boguet on page 140)

The Shewolf
In the mountains of Auvergne, a story dating back to 1588 was told of a royal female werewolf. In the story the nobleman was gazing out of his window and upon seeing a hunter he knew asked the hunter to check with details of the hunt.
While in the forest, the hunter stumbled upon a wolf. In the ensuing struggle, he severed one of the wolf's paws and placed it in his pouch. Upon returning to the chateau with his gruesome prize, he opened the pouch to show the nobleman evidence of his encounter. What they discovered was not a paw at all, in fact, the pouch contained what looked to be a feminine hand bearing an elegant gold ring.
The nobleman recognised the ring and sent the hunter away. The nobleman then went looking for his wife. When he came upon her in the kitchen, he found her nursing a wounded arm. He removed the bandage only to find that her hand had been cut off. Upon questioning his wife she finally admitted to being the wolf the hunter had encountered in the forest.


Neuri:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuri

According to Herodotus the Neuri were a tribe living North of the Tyres, and the furthest nation beyond the Scythian farmers along the course of the river Hypanis.
In Herodotus's account, he states that the Neuri were driven from their land "one generation before the attack of Darius (512 BC)" by an invasion of serpents. Herodotus says that "they observe Scythian customs" and that "they seem to be magicians." He also reports a Scythian tale that the Neuri changed once a year into wolves, although giving no credence to it. This is perhaps a reference to shamanic practices.


Eena:
http://www.unz.org/Pub/WeirdTales-1947sep-00054

The story "Eena" was written by Manly Banister and published in 1947. It broke with tradition by portraying a (white) werewolf who is both sympathetic and female.


Thiess:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiess_of_Kaltenbrun

Thiess of Kaltenbrun, commonly referred to as the Livonian werewolf, was a man who was put on trial for heresy in Jürgensburg, Swedish Livonia, in 1692. At the time in his eighties, Thiess openly proclaimed himself to be a werewolf, claiming that he ventured into Hell with other werewolves in order to do battle with the Devil and his witches. Although claiming that as a werewolf he was a "hound of God", the judges deemed him guilty of trying to turn people away from Christianity, and he was sentenced to be both flogged and banished for life.
According to Thiess' account, he and the other werewolves transformed into wolf form on three nights a year, and then traveled down to Hell. Once there, they fought with the Devil and his witches in order to rescue the grain and livestock which the witches had stolen from the Earth.


Peter:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp

The Werewolf of Bedburg, 1589. After being tortured, Stumpp confessed to having practiced black magic since he was twelve years old. For twenty-five years, he had allegedly been an "insatiable bloodsucker" who gorged on the flesh of goats, lambs, and sheep, as well as men, women, and children. Being threatened with torture he confessed to killing and eating fourteen children, two pregnant women, whose fetuses he ripped from their wombs and "ate their hearts panting hot and raw," which he later described as "dainty morsels." One of the fourteen children was his own son, whose brain he was reported to have devoured.
Not only was Stumpp accused of being a serial murderer and cannibal, but also of having an uous relationship with his daughter, who was sentenced to die with him, and that he had coupled with a distant relative, which was also considered to be uous according to the law. In addition to this he confessed to having had with a succubus sent to him by the Devil.


Gilles:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Garnier

The Werewolf of Dole. Garnier confessed to have stalked and murdered at least four children between the ages of 9 and 12. In October 1572, his first victim was a 10-year-old girl whom he dragged into a vineyard outside of Dole. He strangled her, removed her clothes, and ate the flesh from her thighs and arms. When he had finished he removed some flesh and took it home to his wife. Weeks later Garnier savagely attacked another girl, biting and clawing her, but was interrupted by passersby and fled. The girl succumbed to her injuries a few days later. In November, Garnier killed a 10-year-old boy, again cannibalising him by eating from his thighs and belly and tearing off a leg to save for later. He strangled another boy but was interrupted for the second time by a group of passersby. He had to abandon his prey before he could eat from it. In 1572, he attacked brutally an unknown boy who was passing by and cut the boy into half by biting and tearing at his belly. In 1573, he strangled a girl, ate her flesh, he tore away her left leg and took it to his wife.
Garnier was found guilty of “crimes of lycanthropy and witchcraft” and burned at the stake on January 18, 1573


Pernette and Pierre:
books.google.com/books?id=

The Gandillon family. Part of the St. Claude (France) trials in 1598 where 19 people were accused of being a witch or a werewolf. Perrenette Gandillon was accused of killing a 15-year-old boy as a werewolf and was stoned to death by the village. Her brother Pierre Gandillon admitted to being a werewolf, killing and eating children, and having ual with a she-demon at the Sabbat. Pierre was burned at the stake, along with his other sister Antoinette and his son Georges who also confessed to being werewolves.
The judge presiding over the trial was Henry Boguet.


Henri:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Boguet

Henry Boguet was a well known jurist and judge of Saint-Claude (1596–1616) in the County of Burgundy. His renown is to a large degree based on his fame as a demonologist for his Discours exécrable des Sorciers (1602) which was reprinted twelve times in twenty years. He claimed to be responsible for 600 executions of witches but records reveal that it was maybe 25.

 

Eunkyung: depending on hanja, can be a combination of "silver" and "grace"

Raul: Spain, meaning "wolf counselor"

Tala: Native American/Sioux - Arapaho tribe, meaning "stalking wolf"

Uwais: Africa/Arabic, meaning "small wolf"

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aidhwang
#1
This is literally months late but I just love the amount of work and effort and thought you put into your writing it's so admirable. Keep doing what you're doing I appreciate it so much <3
I read all of this and it just amazes me and brings me to awe
1234top
#2
This is so cool! You did a good job on this fic tho.