Early Irish forests were thick with wolves. Fierce, fast and predatory, it’s no wonder these animals inspired so many myths and stories before their extinction. The legend of the werewolf - men and women who could walk through the world in the shape of wolves - has captured imaginations for centuries.

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Sources and Further Reading

• Werewolf
• Wolves in Folklore, Religion and Mythology
• Bretha Crólige (Brehon Laws) translated by D. A. Binchy

Ossory Werewolves

• Leabhar Breathnach Annso Sis, translated by James Henthorn Todd
• Topographia Hibernia, by Gerald of Wales
• The Wonders of Ireland by Patrick Weston Joyce
• Werewolves of Ossory

St Ronan

• “Chronique IX” by By H. D’Arbois de Jubainville, in Revue Celtique (translation here)
• Ronan of Locronan
• stronans.co.uk

The Wolf Women of Cruachan Cave

• “The Story of the Three She-Wolves” in Irische Texte by Whitley Stokes
• “The Cave of Cruachan” in Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory

Lady Jane Wilde’s Wolf Stories – in Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland

• Cathal the King
• Connor and the Wolf Men

Fiachna

“Fragmentary Annals” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady

Cormac Mac Art

• “Birth of Cormac Grandson of Conn” in Silva Gaedelica by Standish H. O’Grady
• “The Birth of Cormac” in The High Deeds of Finn by T. W. Rolleston

Music

• The Butterfly by Sláinte
• Magic Forest by Kevin MacLeod
• Hidden Past by Kevin MacLeod
• Surreal Forest by Meydän
• Smouldering by Kai Engel

Sound Effects

• Forest Day by sonidosreales245
• Dusk Wolf by killyourpepe
• Cooper Creek Solitary Wolf Howl by betchkal
• Wood of Wolves in the Rain by maurolupo

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