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Background Information: As popularly known, a
werewolf is a person who is transformed, voluntarily or involuntarily, into a
wolf under the influence of full moon.
The word werewolf is a contraction of the old-Saxon word wer (which means "man")
and wolf--werwolf, manwolf. Another term lycan..."
Background Information: As popularly known, a
werewolf is a person who is transformed, voluntarily or involuntarily, into a
wolf under the influence of full moon.
The word werewolf is a contraction of the old-Saxon word wer (which means "man")
and wolf--werwolf, manwolf. Another term lycanthrope, often used to describe
werewolves, however, refers to someone who suffers from a mental disease of
fantasizing being a wolf. This particular mental disorder is termed lycanthropy.
So, what is werewolf or
lycanthropy? Is it a fact based on concrete evidences? Is it a myth? Is it a
exaggeration of some other things? How can we answer so many questions? Will the
answers always be conclusive? Nevertheless, there are many ways to answer all
these questions. Fair amount or relation and contradiction, however, exist
between them. Can werewolf phenomenon be
judged as some inexplicable happenings of the past. Apparently, there are some
incidents that are beyond our knowledge and comprehension and we cannot explain
them with conventional knowledge. These inexplicable happenings have haunted
mankind throughout time and many still survive through the ages as folklore or
myth. Is the werewolf phenomenon such a myth?
Nonetheless, the werewolf
phenomenon has not perished yet; recent werewolf sightings still occur.
There are as many bizarre stories of werewolves as there are cases when
lycanthropes have recovered after thorough treatment. Can werewolf be explained on
scientific basis? May be or may be not; the answer depends on how you
decipher your accumulated information on werewolves. Though not conclusive, this
web site tries to explain werewolf phenomenon from scientific viewpoints.
Firstly, the origin of the werewolf legend is discussed from both
mythological and
anthropological
viewpoint. Secondly, a
portrait and the transformation process and a typical
ritual of werewolves
are described. Then some recorded
French werewolf trials
are mention.
Origin of the Werewolf Legend: Werewolf legend
originated from the countryside around German town Colongne and Bedburg in
1591. At that time Europe was under the dark shadow of ignorance and
superstitions. Towns were underdeveloped and people lived near woods. The fear
of wolves was like a nightmare. Their attacks were so frequent that people even
feared to travel from one place to another. Every morning, countryside people
would find half-eaten human limbs on their fields. They tried their best to kill
those bloodthirsty creatures. But one day the inhabitants of the German town
Colongne and Bedburg made a horrible discovery that altered the history of wolf
killing...
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Background Information: As popularly known, a
werewolf is a person who is transformed, voluntarily or involuntarily, into a
wolf under the influence of full moon.
The word werewolf is a contraction of the old-Saxon word wer (which means "man")
and wolf--werwolf, manwolf. Another term lycanthrope, often used to describe
werewolves, however, refers to someone who suffers from a mental disease of
fantasizing being a wolf. This particular mental disorder is termed lycanthropy.
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