Werewolf Lore (Sarah)

Werewolves have always been a source of nightmares for many centuries, and have been mentioned in horror flicks, books, plays, and cultures around the world. Their story started in ancient Rome and Greece, in ethnographic, poetic and philosophical texts where they are portrayed as nocturnal, wolf like beasts that terrorize villages. In the moonlight, they are said to have transformed into hungry, vicious man like creatures. Some stories say that they remember what they’ve done once they return back to normal, but some say that they have no recollection of what happened. As an example of a werewolf myth, with the Legend of Lycaon tells the story of Lycaon, the son of Pelasgus, who angered the god Zeus when he served him a meal made from the remains of a sacrificed boy. As punishment, the enraged Zeus turned Lycaon and his sons into wolves. However, every country has their own form of the famous werewolf and it has lived through oral and written history.

History.com Editors. “Werewolf Legends.” HISTORY, 28 Oct. 2021, www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend.