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The Werewolf

The Werewolf. Myths, Legends, and a little Science. Gilgamesh. First ever mention of a werewolf (that we know of). The Early Romans. Petronius’ The Satyricon. 1 st Century AD. Trimalchio’s Banquet.

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The Werewolf

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  1. The Werewolf Myths, Legends, and a little Science

  2. Gilgamesh • First ever mention of a werewolf (that we know of)

  3. The Early Romans • Petronius’ The Satyricon 1st Century AD

  4. Trimalchio’s Banquet • Two guys walking along, they go into a graveyard, one needs to pee, and then he turns into a wolf and starts to howl. • (really, I didn’t make this up)

  5. Ovid’s Metamorphoses 2nd century AD

  6. King Lycaon of ArcadiaBook I of Ovid’s epic (first metamorphosis) • Jupiter changes King Lycaon into a Werewolf

  7. In English . . . • The first mention (in English) of werewolves comes in 1000 (about the same time as the Beowulf text was written down). This is also in Old English. • c1000   Laws Cnut xxvi. (Lieberm.) ,   Þæt se wodfrecawerewulf to swyðe ne slite, ne to fela ne abite of godcundreheorde.

  8. Kings . . . • King Arthur (as told by Malory) 1470–85   MaloryMorted'Arthurxix. xi. 793   His wyf..made hymseuenyere a werwolf. • King James (King of England) 1597   King James VI & IDaemonologieiii.i. 61   And are not war-woolfes one sorte of these spirites also..?

  9. Werewolves & The Church • In the 5th century, St. Augustine argues (against popular belief) that the werewolf is an illusion because “only God can change matter; the Devil merely deceives men’s senses.” • But many others in and outside the Church believed that werewolves existed.

  10. Trials • Peter Stubbe was executed for being a werewolf in Germany in 1589. It is reported that he killed his victims and then drank their blood, and ate their flesh. • Follow this link for a fascinating and artistic YouTube rendition of the story of Peter Stubbe. The execution of Peter Stubbe, 1589

  11. In 1603, a French boy (14), Jean Grenier, confessed to being a werewolf and the murder of 14 or more people. He was given life in prison and died 7 years later

  12. Disease / Science (ish) • Lycanthopia, lycanthopes (1584) • Lupina Melancholia • Melancholy • Porphyia • Hypertrichosis • Lycanthrope • Schizophrenia

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