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  2. Werejaguar - Wikipedia

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    The Olmec rain supernatural (or deity) not only displays the characteristic almond-shaped eyes, cleft head, and downturned mouth—that is, the werejaguar motif—but has several other defining attributes, including a headband and a headdress, the latter usually cleft. [12]

  3. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...

  4. Werewolf - Wikipedia

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    In folklore, a werewolf [a] (from Old English werwulf 'man-wolf'), or occasionally lycanthrope [b] (from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος, lykánthrōpos, 'wolf-human'), is an individual who can shape-shift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction, often a bite or the occasional ...

  5. Wepwawet - Wikipedia

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    Wepwawet originally was seen as a jackal, or, according to some, a wolf deity, with his cult center being at the Lycopolis, (meaning city of wolves in Greek). He is one of the earliest Egyptian Gods on record.

  6. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Ijiraq – (Inuit) shapeshifting childnapper with red eyes and a sideways face. Inipi – (Southern California) Mostly known from the Kawaiisu people, this is the shapeshifting ghost of a human. It may take virtually any form, with given stories depicting it as looking normal, or as a skeleton with extremely long nails.

  7. Hellhound - Wikipedia

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    Goddess Hel and the hellhound Garmr by Johannes Gehrts, 1889. A hellhound is a mythological hound that embodies a guardian or a servant of hell, the devil, or the underworld.. Hellhounds occur in mythologies around the world, with the best-known examples being Cerberus from Greek mythology, Garmr from Norse mythology, the black dogs of English folklore, and the fairy hounds of Celtic mythol

  8. Werehyena - Wikipedia

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    Werehyena is a neologism coined in analogy to werewolf for therianthropy involving hyenas. It is common in the folklore of the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and the Near East as well as some adjacent territories. Unlike werewolves and other therianthropes, which are usually portrayed as being originally human ...

  9. List of werewolves - Wikipedia

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    Tom is a werewolf from infancy and cannot remember any life before having the condition. Nina Pickering: Being Human: Nina becomes a werewolf after her boyfriend, who is a werewolf, scratches her during a transformation. George Sands: Being Human: After being attacked by a werewolf in Scotland, George himself becomes a werewolf.