Bleiz-Garv

(BLAZE-Gar-IF)

In the Breton region of France it is believed that when a werewolf dies, it will rise up as a vampire. Bleiz-garv means "cruel wolf."

Source: Mac Killop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, 38; Ritson, Ancient Engleish Metrical Romanceës, 331; Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, 393; Summers, Werewolf in Lore and Legend, 11