LOBISOMENS E LICANTROPIA: CRUZANDO E INTERCONECTANDO PRÁTICAS

Abstract

This study aims to analyze werewolf stories and lycanthropy cases that occurred in Limoeiro do Norte, Ceará (20th century) and in communities in France (16th and 17th century). Through a convergence between cross-history and micro-history we were able to trace and intersect a series of variations: similarities and differences between transformation practices, actions and interactions performed by people who transform into werewolves. We could notice that the aggressiveness and brutality found in the French cases is a peculiarity not present in the stories of werewolves from Ceará. These are more likely to produce a fear when confronted with people who cross their path. Uncovering this imagery of the lupine beast between two such different temporalities and spatialities proposed us to understand how each story brings a diversified representation of lycanthropy.