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
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"O Marie, blessed Virgin!" she whispered, "save our son, our Pierre; let not the fate of the loup-garou fall upon him."
From A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by Smith, F. Clifford (Frank Clifford)
Mebbe wan beeg loup-garou eat every man in de distric', an' have his eye on me.
From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank
"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