Witchy Wednesday 'Werewolves' article.
Werewolves in history
In European folklore, a man who turns into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses but returns to human form by day. Some werewolves change shape at will; others, in whom the condition is hereditary or acquired by having been bitten by a werewolf, change shape involuntarily, under the influence of a full moon. If he is wounded in wolf form, the wounds will show in his human form and may lead to his detection. Belief in werewolves is found throughout the world. The psychiatric condition in which a person believes he is a wolf is called lycanthropy.
In countries in which wolves are not common, the monster may assume the form of another dangerous animal, such as the bear, tiger, or hyena. In French folklore, the werewolf is called loup-garou. France was particularly afflicted with reports of them in the 16th century, and there were many notable convictions and executions of loups-garous. As a subject for 20th-century horror films, the werewolf tradition is second only to the vampire tradition in popularity. Werewolves are believed to turn into vampires after death.
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| Handmade card, made by me, of a traditional movie style Werewolf howling at the full moon! 🌕🐺🌕🐺🌕🐺🌕🐺🌕🐺🌕🐺🌕🐺 The Beast of Gévaudan Between 1765 and 1767, an unknown creature killed over 100 people in a rural region of France—and captivated a horrified world. Between 1764 and 1767 a mysterious creature called the Beast ravaged the rural region of Gévaudan, France. About 100 men, women and children reportedly fell victim to La Bête du Gévaudan. While many French at the time presumed the Beast to be a wolf and many modern scholars agree, some have suggested that the Beast may not have been a wolf at all. For further reading pleass visit. https://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-theories |
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