A werewolf (frae Auld Inglis: wer, man) is a mythological or fowklairic human wi the abeelity tae shapeshift intae a wouf or a therianthropic hybrid wouf-lik craitur, either purposely or efter bein placed unner a curse or affliction (e.g.
450-1100) leid text">wer, "man") is a mythological or fowklairic human wi the abeelity tae shapeshift intae a wouf or a therianthropic hybrid wouf-lik craitur, either purposely or efter bein placed unner a curse or affliction (e.g. via a bite or scart frae anither warwouf). In Daemonologie, James VI o Scots wrate the furst kent screivins anent werewolfs in the Scots leid.
Widcut o a werewolf attack, bi Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1512 | |
Groupin | Leegendar craitur |
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Seemilar craiturs | Vampire |
Kintra | Romanie, Serbie, Slovenie, Croatie, Macedonie, Bulgarie, Albanie, Hungary |
Region | The Americaes, Europe, Asie, Africae |
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