![]() ![]() In Sudenmorsian/The Wolf's Bride Aino Kallas (the link is in English) uses archaic language of the 17th century and the story takes the form of a ballad, seen by an outsider, who shares his/her theological views on the side. The most important aspect of the story is that it's a love story, a story of a forester's wife, called Aalo, who can assume a wolf's shape and is killed in the end by her husband's silver bullet. I should say it fits the genre bill, but I won't force my view down anyone's throat. ![]() Many friends of the book don't necessarily see it as horror. It was originally published in 1928 and has been practically the only classic werewolf story written in Finnish language. ![]() I read this small classic of Finnish literature for the first time last week. ![]()
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