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By
Jill Stefko
The wereanimal belief or legend
is universal. In the European and American cultures, the predominant theme is
that the werecreature is a wolf. In other cultures, there are were- panthers,
werejaguars and werebears. Some societies believed that the person shape shifted
and..."
By
Jill Stefko
The wereanimal belief or legend
is universal. In the European and American cultures, the predominant theme is
that the werecreature is a wolf. In other cultures, there are were- panthers,
werejaguars and werebears. Some societies believed that the person shape shifted
and appeared to be the animal while others believed the person became the
animal.During the Middle Ages, people in Europe believed in werewolves. Some
believed the creature was a wolf whose body was possessed by a demon. Others
believed the devil put the person in a trance and transported the soul into a
wolf's body. Another theory was that a demon got into a wolf's body and charmed
the person into believing that he or she committed savage acts that were
revealed in dreams. Another theory believed that the person actually changed
into a wolf and that the devil substituted a human form in the werewolf's place.
The majority of werewolf cases
come from Europe. They believed the wolf was bloodthirsty and cunning and the
animal was greatly feared. Between 1530 and 1630, there were 30,000 cases of
werewolves recorded in France alone. People in Normandy believed in lupins or
lubins, wolf like beings that talked at night in graveyards in an unknown
language. They would flee from humans, but they also dug up graves and ate human
bodies. In court documents, the testimony did not vary much. The person made a
pact with the devil. They were given an ointment that transformed them into a
wolf. Some were given a wolf pelt for protection. Over the centuries, ideas
began to change. Werewolf experts believed that the victims suffered from what
they called lycanthropy. The victim was usually of less than average
intelligence and might have been under the influence of hallucinatory drugs or
delusions and believed he or she actually became a werewolf. This was often
accompanied by sadistic cravings. Beliefs and legends of those who saw the
werewolf might have made them think they saw a snarling four legged beast...
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