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Werewolf

In folklore, a werewolf (from Old English werwulf 'man-wolf'), or occasionally lycanthrope (from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος 'wolf-human'), is an individual who can shapeshift into a wolf or therianthropic hybrid wolf–humanlike creature, either voluntarily or involuntarily due to a curse or other affliction. In modern fiction, especially film…

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Folklore
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Mythology
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Lycanthrope
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related to Further reading · 60
Werewolf → Account, Adam, Astral Doubles, Baring-Gould, Being, Brian, Cambridge University Press, Caroline Taylor, Chapmans, Claude, CNRS Editions, Co, Date, Der Werwolf, Deutsche Mythologie, Elder, Encyclopædia Britannica, Fairies, Frost, Goens
related to Primary sources · 46
Werewolf → An, Bodini, Bourquelot, Citadel Press, Claude, De, De Lycanthropia, Dialogue, Dover, Dutton, Extase, In Latin, ISBN, Jean, Joan, Johannes Fridericus, Legend, Leipzig, Lore, Louvain
related to Middle Ages · 32
Werewolf → Anglia, Augustine, Bajan, British Isles, Bulgaria, Christian, Cnut, Cremona, Ecclesiastical Ordinances, England, Europe, European, Gerald, Germany, Gervase, Great, Hippo, Liutprand, Ossory, Otia Imperialia
related to Names · 32
Werewolf → An, An Old Frankish, Bisclavret, Danish, Galles, Germanic, Guillaume, Marie's, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Norse, Norwegian, Old English, Old French, Old Irish, Old Norman, Old Norse, Pre-Germanic, Proto-Germanic
related to Remedies · 20
Werewolf → Ancient Greeks, Another, Arabic, Christian, Christianity, Conversion, Europe, German, Hubert, In, Many, One Danish, Romans, Schleswig-Holstein, Sicilian, Sometimes, St, The, This, Various
related to Americas and Caribbean · 19
Werewolf → Americas, Belief, Canada, European, French, In Mexico, Lower Peninsulas, Mai-cob, Michigan, Native American, Natives, New York, Norse, The Naskapis, The Navajo, Upper, Wendigo, When, Woodward
related to Connection to revenants · 15
Werewolf → Before, Bulgaria, East European, Germany, Greeks, In, In Serbia, Northern France, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Sometimes, The, These, They
related to Lycanthropy as a medical condition · 12
Werewolf → Aetiology, Dr Lee Illis, Europe, Guy's Hospital, In, London, On Porphyria, Others, Some, This, Werewolves, Woodward
related to Becoming a werewolf · 11
Werewolf → France, Friday, Germany, In, In Italy, Livonian, Olaus Magnus, Swedish, The, Various, Wednesday
related to history · 10
Werewolf → Anjou, Bordeaux, Dole, European, France, Gilles Garnier, Henry Boguet, In, Lycanthropy, There

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werewolves wolf form lycanthropy human century wolves folklore also early modern one belief would europe man beliefs animal transformation medieval

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WerewolfFolkloreWorldwide1.00infobox
WerewolfGroupingMythology1.00infobox
WerewolfOther nameLycanthrope1.00infobox
WerewolfSimilar entitiesSkinwalker1.00infobox
Werewolfis awidespread concept in European folklore0.90text
those of werewolvesinstance ofand transformations0.80text
cannibalism.A more tragic character is Lawrence Talbotinstance ofThere is no reference to silver nor other aspects of werewolf lore0.80text
played by Lon Chaney Jr. in 1941's The Wolf Maninstance ofThere is no reference to silver nor other aspects of werewolf lore0.80text
The Wolf Maninstance ofThe form a werewolf assumes was generally anthropomorphic in early films0.80text
Werewolf of Londoninstance ofThe form a werewolf assumes was generally anthropomorphic in early films0.80text
but a largerinstance ofThe form a werewolf assumes was generally anthropomorphic in early films0.80text
powerful wolf in many later films.Werewolves are often depicted as immune to damage caused by ordinary weaponsinstance ofThe form a werewolf assumes was generally anthropomorphic in early films0.80text

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