تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.51.6

13.51.6

Strangely, some people told me that the one who does this is not a beast but a human being, one of the sorcerers known as the Jūgīs, who takes on the form of a beast. When I was told this I rejected it, but a number of people told me the same. Let us relate some of the stories of these sorcerers.