WereWolves
Human with the ability to shape shift into a wolf, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or scratch from another werewolf).
Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy.
Werewolvery was a common accusation in witch trials throughout their history.
Scholars say that the were wolf history probably started with Gilgamesh.
He jilted a potiential lover because she had turned a previous mate into a wolf.
Were wolves have made an appearance in Greek mythology, with the legend of Lycoan.
Lycoan did not belive Zues was an all seeing god.
He decided he would test him by sacrificing one of his sons and serving him to Zues for dinner.
Upon discovering the tainted dish, was furious with Lycoan and turned him and his sons into wolves.
In the 13th century Icelandic work, Vasana saga men were shown wearing wolf skin, in order to fight like them.
The Norse beserker warriors charged into battle wearing nothing but the pelts of animals.
They believed that the pelts would give them special
animal powers.
The 16th century saw a rise in people claiming to be were wolves when committing murders and other crimes.
1589, in the town of Bed Burg, just outside of Cologne Germany, a man named Peter Stumpf was executed cannibalism.
Responsible for over a dozen murders, Stumpf claimed that he had a belt that would allow him to turn into a wolf.
Becoming One
The earliest literature claims that people were turned into were wolves as a form of punishment.
If you behaved like a beast, then the gods supposedly use Lycanthropy to turn you into one.
The transformation was almost always permanent.
In Norse and Germanic folklore, becoming a were wolf was not seen as punishment, its more of a gift.
Stories discribe a belt made of the skin of a wolf that allows the wearer to become one.
If the belt is destroyed, the ability to become a one disappears.
Some folklore claims that becomming a were wolf requires being naked.
They can only turn back into human when they put on the clothes they were wearing.
A French tale, written in the 12th century, a baron named Bisque Lavery, vanishes every week for several days.
He eventually tells his wife his secret, and that his clothing is the secret to his transformation.
His wife consults a knight, who she happens to be having an affair with.
The two decide to steal the Baron's clothes.
The Baron eventually returns in his were wolf form.
He bites his wife's nose off and she is banished along with the knight.
And their children are cursed to be born without noses.
Modern depictions Lycanthropy is usualy shared through a bite or a scratch of an existing were wolf.
A common belief throughout the ages is that committing unspeakable acts will curse one with Lycanthropy.
Some people might have been born a were wolf.
Some say were wolves might need a full moon to transform.
Ending the Curse
The simplest way is to die.
Some believe a potion made from Wolfs bane could do the trick.
Calling a person by their name while they are a were wolf.
Kill the were wolf that turned them.
Maybe there is no cure.
Killing a were wolf
Supposedly, you have to kill a were wolf fast, because they can regenerate quickly.
Silver bullet to the heart.
Cutting off their head with a silver blade.
Poisoning them with Wolfs bane.
Finding them while they are in their human form is supposedly the easiest way to kill them.
When a were wolf dies, their body is said to return to their human form.
Do were wolves really exists?
Were wolf stories
Some people think this could be a picture of a were wolf.
Others think it is just a bear.
Supposed footage of a were wolf.
More footage of a were wolf in Brazil.
A were wolf skull found in buried in a chained box?
A farmer unearthed a creepy skull of a were wolf buried in a chained in a box.
Trayche Draganov unearthed the chained box while ploughing a field in the small village of Novo Selo in Macedonia.
Now he thinks he might turn into one after neighbors in the village warned him he may have released the spirit of the mythical beast and risks turning into one himself.
Werewolf Prints
What do you think?
Are werewolves real?
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