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The Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a
lycanthrope, is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift
into a wolf or a hybrid wolf-like beast, either purposely or after being placed
under a curse or affliction, like a bite or scratch from another werewolf.
Lycanthrope is an umbrella-term for
a number of changes and conditions: The transformation may be temporary or
permanent; the beast may be the man himself morphed; a double whose activity is separate from the
real person; his soul going forth to
seek another to devour, leaving the body in a trance; a real animal or a familiar spirit.
In medieval Europe there were three
methods to cure a victim of Lycanthrope; medicinally (usually via the use of
wolfsbane), surgically or by exorcism. Many
of the cures advocated by medieval medical practitioners proved fatal to the
patients: striking it on the forehead or scalp with a knife; piercing of the
werewolf's hands with nails; piercing the beast flesh with silver.
Source: Woodward, Ian (1979). The Werewolf
Delusion. Paddington Press.
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