Human Animals
Frank Hamel
Frank Hamel's Human Animals (published in 1915) is an infamous and classic treatise on the mythology and the evidence of hybrid humans. This was one of the first popular works on cryptozoology, and a primer for those interested in the many stories and accounts of lycanthropy and other strange evolutionary paradoxes. Covering the Were-wolf Trials of 1521, to bird-women, human serpents and witch familiars, Hamel's research into the mythological, hysterical, historical and the subjective with a scholar's pen. Many religious ceremonies and occult practices are studied, and he helps us to understand how these fantastical creatures have become a part of our culture, from books of fiction, to very serious study. Human Animals is a book that contains records and accounts of traditions dealing with the belief that certain men and women can transform themselves into animals. The causes of transformation are various: contact with a wer-animal, touching what he has touched, wearing an animal skin, rubbing the body with ointment, slipping on a girdle, buckling on a strap, and many other expedients, magical and otherwise, may bring about the metamorphosis.
Duration - 9h 44m.
Author - Frank Hamel.
Narrator - Matthew Schmitz.
Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Matthew Schmitz ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Frank Hamel's Human Animals (published in 1915) is an infamous and classic treatise on the mythology and the evidence of hybrid humans. This was one of the first popular works on cryptozoology, and a primer for those interested in the many stories and accounts of lycanthropy and other strange evolutionary paradoxes. Covering the Were-wolf Trials of 1521, to bird-women, human serpents and witch familiars, Hamel's research into the mythological, hysterical, historical and the subjective with a scholar's pen. Many religious ceremonies and occult practices are studied, and he helps us to understand how these fantastical creatures have become a part of our culture, from books of fiction, to very serious study. Human Animals is a book that contains records and accounts of traditions dealing with the belief that certain men and women can transform themselves into animals. The causes of transformation are various: contact with a wer-animal, touching what he has touched, wearing an animal skin, rubbing the body with ointment, slipping on a girdle, buckling on a strap, and many other expedients, magical and otherwise, may bring about the metamorphosis. Duration - 9h 44m. Author - Frank Hamel. Narrator - Matthew Schmitz. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Matthew Schmitz ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:08
Preface
Duration:00:03:31
Introductory
Duration:00:07:43
Transformation
Duration:00:20:23
The Bush-Soul
Duration:00:16:21
Human Souls In Animal Bodies
Duration:00:09:31
Animal Dances
Duration:00:22:12
Man-Animal And Animal-Man
Duration:00:12:09
Scapegoat And Saint
Duration:00:18:54
The Wer-Wolf Trials
Duration:00:22:31
The Wer-Wolf In Myth And Legend
Duration:00:27:06
Lion- And Tiger-Men
Duration:00:20:24
Wer-Fox And Wer-Vixen
Duration:00:29:16
Witches
Duration:00:33:29
Familiars
Duration:00:22:08
Transformation In Folk-Lore And Fairy-Tale
Duration:00:23:17
Transformation In Folk-Lore And Fairy-Tale (continued)
Duration:00:30:54
Fabulous Animals And Monsters
Duration:00:28:02
Human Serpents
Duration:00:30:53
Cat And Cock Phantoms
Duration:00:23:45
Bird Women
Duration:00:25:30
Family Animals
Duration:00:40:48
Animal Ghosts
Duration:00:49:03
The Phantasmal Double
Duration:00:16:00
Animal Elementals
Duration:00:25:58
Animal Spirits In Ceremonial Magic
Duration:00:19:06
Conclusion
Duration:00:05:40
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:10