Could Warewolves have existed at one time?

Question

there are stories about Warewolves in so many different countries not just one country so could it be possible that they existed at one time?

Dragons possibly Unicorns no.... from something i read it was possible that dragons were pretty much what was left of vary few dinosours and were finnely whipped out during the well i guess you can call it midevil times

Dragons possibly Unicorns no.... from something i read it was possible that dragons were pretty much what was left of vary few dinosours and were finnely whipped out during the well i guess you can call it midevil times

Dragons possibly Unicorns no.... from something i read it was possible that dragons were pretty much what was left of vary few dinosours and were finnely whipped out during the well i guess you can call it midevil times

Dragons possibly Unicorns no.... from something i read it was possible that dragons were pretty much what was left of vary few dinosours and were finnely whipped out during the well i guess you can call it midevil times

Answer 1

It's always sounded like rabies to me. A person going mad, foaming at the mouth, trying to bite and scratch.

Answer 2

Wearwolves did exist in a sense, the myth began as a result of hypertrichosis disease, Which causes the body to grow gross amounts of hair all over the body Sherer 's Disease ( or Porphyria) (( also attributed to Vampirism ))The symptoms include growing hair and elongated nails, the gumline receeding, and a need for blood because your bood is deficient, and you become sensitive to sunlight, and palor/rot of the skin especially in sunlight and Anemia. - this disease also made one more suseptable to rabies. These diseases were often causes for persons to be shunned by society even to the point of becomming mad. (( also left them to live in filth and often contract rabies from rats, or cats )) As a result the wearwolf and vampire legends were born and have some "real" aspect.
On another note however, these diseases did not exist the world over but the ledgends of Dragons, Wearwolves and Vampires particularly, have a place in cultures from Europe, Asia, and even South America dating back to times prior to sea fareing and exploration, when the cultures never could have mingled and shared these stories... that being said, the similiarities in their mythos is astonishing which leads one to wonder as to wheter the Mythical forms of the creatures did at some point exist..... ;) - or perhaps still do... Just a little something to wrap your brain around.

Answer 3

I believe that alot of folklore were designed not just as a form of entertainment but maybe as a tool to help keep children in line. Most fairy tales are scary and have some message in them.

The reason for them to seem similar from one country to another could be because of travelling story tellers and how one culture perceives a story plays into it.

Answer 4

No. It could have been rabies or another kind of sickness that one of the kings in Europe had (Charles the something) that sometimes made him wander around the palace howling like a wolf.

Answer 5

Only in the sense that at one time our more primitive ancestors admired the wolf and thought highly enough of them that when they were able to kill one, they believed that by donning the pelt of that animal, they would somehow absorb the strength and skills of it. These "werewolves" were likely no more than the hunters wearing the skins of the wolves they had killed.

Answer 6

I would think in a modernized kind of way...
I think its possible with having that disease that the other poster stated & it being misconstrued like Big Foot is...

Answer 7

Yes. For example people said the duck billed platupys was a myth but it was real.

Answer 8

no...they are a myth (based on your logic dragons and unicorns were also real at one time)

Answer 9

Maybe, but it's a metaphor for a certain type of people

Answer 10

sure y not.