Werewolf Legends According to an ancient superstition a werewolf is a man who is transformed, or who transforms himself, into a wolf in nature and appearance. The werewolf, sometimes transformed under the influence of a full moon, roams about at night, devouring infants or corpses. Stories of such transformations are given in the works of several classical writers and the superstition was common throughout Europe in late medieval times, many men were accused and convicted of being werewolves. The term lycanthropy refers to the delusion that one has become a wolf. There are many traditional beliefs and legends about the werewolf one of the most famous , and one of the first stories of were wolf is "The Story of Lycaon". The story of Lycaon, which originated in Greek mythology, has been viewed as one of the firs....

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