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werewolf: see lycanthropy lycanthropy (līkăn`thrəpē), in folklore, assumption by a human of the appearance and characteristics of an animal. ..... Click the link for more information. . werewolfIn European folklore, a man who changes into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses, returning to human form by day. Some werewolves are thought to change shape at will; others, who inherited the condition or acquired it by being bitten by a werewolf, are transformed involuntarily under the influence of a full moon. Belief in werewolves is found throughout the world and was especially common in 16th-century France. Humans who believe they are wolves suffer from a mental disorder called lycanthropy. werewolf a man transformed into a wolf. [Eur. Folklore: Benét, 1082] See : Monsters |
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