Anglican folklore, mythology, antiquarianism
Sabine Baring-Gould
1834 – 1924
Sabine Baring-Gould was an English Anglican priest, antiquarian, and prolific author who produced over eighty-five books spanning folklore, mythology, hagiography, and travel. His esoteric contributions include The Book of Were-Wolves (1865), one of the first serious scholarly studies of lycanthropy, and Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, alongside his famous hymn Onward Christian Soldiers (1864).
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