Lycanthropy

Originating in Greek mythology, werewolves have been depicted as some of the most aggressive monsters in history. The tale of the first werewolf, then called “Lycaon” is found in Homer’s The Iliad. The beast, portrayed as a half-man half-wolf, highlights aggression and primitive instincts in humanity. Though rarely provoked, nearly every modern account of werewolf sightings involve the beast attempting to attack witnesses. Whether these sightings are fact or fiction, society has a fascination with these monsters that has been translated to pop-culture through television shows, books, films, and other similar trends. This essay will discuss a variety of books, movies, and articles that provided us more insight to the history of development of werewolves. The 2003 thriller Underworld directed by Len Wiseman depicts the connection between werewolves and vampires-something made even more popular through the Twilight Saga novels by Stephanie Meyer. While biologically polar opposites, the two beasts share a similar blood-thirst. “Legend tells that the war began with two brothers, the immortal sons of Alexander Corvinus: Marcus, bitten by bat, became the blood leader of the vampires. William bitten by wolf, became the first and most powerful Lycan (werewolf)” (from the 2006 film Underworld: Evolution, directed by Len Wiseman, Lakeshore Entertainment and Screengems). The film depicts werewolves as ferocious beasts with a desire for violence. In the film, the Lycans (werewolves)…

Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are humans that posess the ability to shift into different forms. The werewolf, is one of the oldest legends of human monsters in history. The werewolf was a feared creature. They were able to commit monstrous crimes anytime they wanted, all they had to do was shift into their other form. Nobody would expect it to be them if they looked like a wolf. It could be your best friend, your neighbor, your parent, it could be anyone and you wouldn't know. Like…

In folk lore, this supernatural transformation is known as lycanthropy, however, these days it carries another meaning. Lycanthropy is defined as “an unusual belief or delusion that one has been transformed into an animal, or behaviors or feelings suggestive of such a belief.” (Khalil, Dahdah, Richa, Kahn). In the past, almost anyone could be marked as a werewolf if a medical expert deemed it so. According to Nadine Metzger, graduate of University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, “One of their principal…

Red bowed her head in sadness, tears falling on their own, as she hymned a prayer to her deities to send the poor huntsman safely to the afterlife. Memories of after the Wolf’s attack flooding back to her. The huntsman had indeed saved her from the Wolf but, it was only after that that her mother had revealed him to being her father. The huntsman had taken responsibility after that and during her apprenticeship acted as her teacher in the martial arts and guide to natural and supernatural…

They are just like vampires and people always start to really wonder if they are real and try to find evidence that they are real. Werewolves have been known to be around and come out when a full moon and also werewolves don’t like salt just like slugs because it’s said to be that it takes all the water out of their body and kills them. The like of thinking that you can and would turn into a werewolf is called “lycanthropy” came from greek or europe it’s just saying that you believe and think…

from Gryffindor. Headmaster Dumbledore is not innocent in taking part of the inequality of houses as every year he awards Gryffindor points for stupid, mundane things like playing chess really well. The Slytherins deserved better as no one gets to choose their own parents or their lives, so why punish the children because they are ambitious? That being said, all four houses fall under this question. Outside the walls of Hogwarts in the late 90’s, starting after the return of Voldemort and the…

of the battle that happens in our brains might fluctuate, all individuals must experience this battle. Werewolves symbolize the internal battle to control our inward desires. In the article Lawrence clarifies that the werewolf legend, similar to all legends, has some truth; it is an "antiquated clarification of the double identity within each one of us." For him, lycanthropy is an assortment of schizophrenia, communicating "the great and malice in each man's spirit. For this situation,…

Ginger Snaps is a Canadian horror film released in 2000 and directed by John Fawcett. The story is set in a suburban Canadian town and focuses mainly on two premenstrual adolescent sisters Ginger Fitzgerald, 16 and Bridgitte Fitzgerald, 15. The two girls are social outcasts who are labeled as freaks in their high school, and like most teens, the sisters are rebellious and apathetic. On the surface, Ginger Snaps can be easily dismissed by critics as a typical B-rated teen-turned-werewolf movie.…

Werewolf (disambiguation). Lycanthropy as a medical condition. The fact that the original title of the poem was “Insanity” but then later changed to “The Maniac” Robinson stylizes the figure of the maniac with animalistic characteristics. Nymph, Werewolf, Medusa – all subjects of mortality. Nymphs. Young girls. Personifications of natural places and powers, they are often lusty beings who inhabit wild places and accompany greater gods or goddesses. Medusa. “In the…

directly experienced strife. Polybius is evidently aware of the facts of Arcadia’s existence but chooses to emphasise them as noble savages by placing blame for their adverse reputation on the Cynaetheans. Another inversion of the ethnocentric view is found in Herodotus’ account of a despotic Sparta and her subsequent humiliation by the simplistic noble savage Arcadian Tegeans . Additionally, this attempt to conquer and enslave the noble savage people of Arcadia fails similarly to Cambyses’…