{"id":3894,"date":"2015-03-31T02:30:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T02:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=3894"},"modified":"2018-02-03T23:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T23:27:02","slug":"bernhardt-house-2008-congress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/bernhardt-house-2008-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernhardt-House (2008 Congress)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House<br \/>\n(Everett, Washington)<br \/>\n&#8220;The Presence and Absence of Werewolves in Insular Celtic Hagiography&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Abstract of Paper Presented at the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2008)<br \/>\nSession on <strong>&#8220;Bark at the Rune:\u00a0\u00a0Transforming the Medieval Werewolf&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nSponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nOrganized by Jeff Massey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2008-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\">2008 Congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<em>First published on our first website<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>Werewolves as commonly understood (though not always) are found in Insular Celtic sources at a very early date (from about the eighth century CE), and familiarity with their existence in these cultures can be assumed from the early medieval period onwards. \u00a0The word &#8220;werewolf&#8221; in Irish (*<em>ferch\u00fa<\/em>*) occurs as a personal name, as well as a common noun, and a variety of other terms also imply a lycanthropic image or concept (for example *<em>conrecht<\/em>*, &#8220;wolf-shape&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>This paper mentions some of the more well-known Irish, Breton and Welsh werewolves in brief, before turning to its main subject, the Irish and Latin <em>Vita<\/em> of Saint N\u00e1ile (Irish) and the related <em>Vitae<\/em> of Saints Ron\u00e1n and Rumon (respectively Irish\/Breton and Cornish). \u00a0The discussion examines how the image of the werewolf, while not present literally, is used in some cases to heighten the repute of the holy figure (N\u00e1ile), or to accuse and demean him (Ron\u00e1n and Rumon). \u00a0Conclusions emerge from the interconnection of these saints&#8217; feast-days and their wider associations to canid shapeshifting motifs and narratives in wider Insular Celtic and Arthurian traditions.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><em>Note:<\/em> The Abstract for another Paper by Dr. Bernhardt\u2013House at our Congress Sessions appears here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/bernhardt-house-2018-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernhardt-House (2018 Congress)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We thank him for his contributions to our Sessions, both sponsored and co-sponsored.<\/p>\n<p>****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House (Everett, Washington) &#8220;The Presence and Absence of Werewolves in Insular Celtic Hagiography&#8221; Abstract of Paper Presented at the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, 2008) Session on &#8220;Bark at the Rune:\u00a0\u00a0Transforming the Medieval Werewolf&#8221; Sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Organized by Jeff Massey 2008 Congress [First published on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1023,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10528,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3894\/revisions\/10528"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}