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William and the Werewolf
In “William of Palermo,” the old romance known as “William and the Werewolf,” translated from ...
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The Lady of Saintonge and Eliphas Levi’s commentary on Lycanthropy
Another story in which the human being suffers from the wound inflicted on the werewolf ...
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A werewolf incident of 1588
This peculiarity of the wound dealt to the werewolf being reproduced in the human being ...
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Cynocephaly
The characteristic of cynocephaly, or cynocephalus, having the head of a dog—or of a jackal—is ...
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The etymology of werewolf and lycantropy
The word werewolf continues a late Old English wer(e)wulf, a compound of were “man” and ...
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Slavic terms for the werewolf
Slavic uses the term vlko-dlak (Polish wilkołak, Czech vlkodlak, Slovak vlkolak, Serbo-Croatian вукодлак – vukodlak, ...
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Historical werewolf cases in Europe
A werewolf is a human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf, either purposely ...
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The recovery of the werewolf myth in the 20th century
Who does not know that there is a novel called "Dracula" written by Bram Stoker? ...
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Silver bullets
In most of the history of our world, werewolves had no specific way to kill ...
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The turnskin or versipelles
The following quaint story is taken from Petronius, being told by one Niceros, at a ...
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The Catholic Church Against Lycanthropy
Lycanthropy has gone through various phases throughout history. One of the most difficult times for ...
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Werewolves and vampires were very much alike
Vampire and werewolf legends have always gone hand in hand in ancient times. The Greeks ...
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The quest to become a superhero
It sounds silly but becoming a werewolf was not always a curse or a punishment ...
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The punishment of the gods in the form of lycanthropy
Lycanthropy can be seen in ancient times and it is not something that has existed ...
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Lycaón, the first werewolf
Lycaón was a cultured and virtuous king, father of fifty children, loved by his people, ...
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Lamboyo, our brother from India
The Poso-Alfures of central Celebes believe that man has three souls, the inosa, the angga ...
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Lycanthropy, what is it?
The lycanthropy is just a delusion zooanthropic, a survivor of the era in which the ...
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Werwolf Peter Stump
Peter Stumpp (died 1589) (whose name is also spelled as Peter Stube, Peter Stubbe, Peter ...
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