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raccoon

(32,281 posts) Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:31 AM Jan 2013

Where did the word loup-garou come from? I get it that loup = wolf.

So what about the "garou" part?

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Where did the word loup-garou come from? I get it that loup = wolf. (Original Post) raccoon Jan 2013 OP

French; leu-garoul (wolf-werewolf) REP Jan 2013 #1

Lefthanded wolf? Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #2

I can't get past werewolf. But I'm still looking. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #3

I thought that this was going to be about tragically ill baseball legends Orrex Jan 2013 #4

I've always loved that word d_r Jan 2013 #5

REP

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1. French; leu-garoul (wolf-werewolf)

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:37 AM

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Baitball Blogger

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2. Lefthanded wolf?

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:41 AM

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In_The_Wind

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3. I can't get past werewolf. But I'm still looking.

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:50 AM

Jan 2013

http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Loup+Garou

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Orrex

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4. I thought that this was going to be about tragically ill baseball legends

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:52 AM

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d_r

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5. I've always loved that word

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 08:57 AM

Jan 2013

when I was little a school library book about werewolves introduced me to it

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