loup-garou
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George Rodrigue, who died in 2013, was catapulted to fame by his blue dog paintings, which were based on a Cajun legend called loup-garou.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2015
When the show began, patrons viewed a cinema which showed the cheetah, by this time almost as legendary as a loup-garou, retrieving duck and pheasant.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Mewan Indians call the giant wolf “Too-le-ze” and that is also the name they gave me, but I am not a werwolf, a loup-garou or a Too-le-ze.
From The Black Wolf Pack by Beard, Daniel Carter
"The loup-garou is a man, but he takes the form of a wolf."
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
He hasn't seen a priest for ten months or so, and he's afraid of the loup-garou, for all I know.
From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Wood, Robert Williams
