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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 ...
The authorities associated lycanthropy with magic and magic with Satan, and the legal courts integrated the cases of werewolves in the witchcraft category. [22] In Mechelen, Thomas Baetens (1642) and Augustijn de Moor (1649) were accused of being werewolves in connection to their wives standing trial for witchcraft.
A List of Works Relating to Lycanthropy. New York: New York Public Library Publications, 1919. (earliest published list of werewolf fiction) Du Coudray, Chantal Bourgault. The Curse of the Werewolf. London : I. B. Tauris, 2006. ISBN 1-84511-158-3 (book on literary symbolism of the werewolf) Flores, Nona C. Animals in the Middle Ages: A Book of ...
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. He lives with vampire Mitchell and ghost Annie first in Bristol, then in Barry. Daniel "Oz" Osbourne: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The element of unity of beliefs about werewolves and lycanthropy exists in the magical-religious experience of mystical solidarity with the wolf by whatever means used to obtain it. But all have one original myth, a primary event.
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 ...
Thiess claimed to be a werewolf, although he asserted that in doing so he served God rather than the Devil, in contrast to common werewolf beliefs of the time. Thiess of Kaltenbrunn (Kniedini) , also spelled Thies , and commonly referred to as the Livonian werewolf , was a Livonian man who was put on trial for heresy in Jürgensburg , Swedish ...
The werewolves are also held to be the victims of a curse inflicted on their community as collective punishment for their sins. [16] Gerald goes on to discuss the theological implications of his story, referring to accounts of werewolves in Augustine of Hippo's 5th century work The City of God. He reiterates Augustine's views on metamorphisis: