About Werewolves?

Question

Where did the meaning of werewolves come from and what was it during the second world war and which country.

Answer 1

The Werewolves were German guerrillas that acted as snipers and ambushers inside territory taken from the Nazi regular army and occupied by the Allies. They also played a large part in the Battle of the Bulge. They were uniformed as American Soldiers and many spoke perfect English. They murdered, changed signs to divert traffic into ambushes and worked to keep roads and bridges open for the German advance.

Answer 2

Were animals have been around for thousands of years. The Japanese have were-foxes and the Indians were-tigers. It seems that which ever major predator is in the area becomes the most popular were animal. Before the Hollywood films it was thought that only an evil person could pray to "the great unknown" to become a wolf or could wear special totems or bath in magic streams to become a wolf. The only book that states that a man could physically change into a wolf was the malleus malfactorum (hammer of the witches) written by a monk. It's now thought to be a metaphorical change a person goes through when he is gripped by lust equivalent to the change into vampire caused by love. The most famous English werewolf was a Victorian story of White Fell a female werewolf

Answer 3

The legend probably had several different sources.

One was certainly the disease rabies. It often infected wolves, and if bitten by one the victim also developed rabies and became violently insane ( before dieing ) so that part of the legend where the survivor of an attack by a werewolf becomes a werewolf is from this.

The full moon has long been associated with erratic behaviour and an increase in violent behaviour by the mentally disturbed, so this became another part of the legend.

Most countries have some form of werewolf superstition, but it isn't always wolves, sometimes its bears or big cats that the afflicted trun into.

Answer 4

Just watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban where Snape gives the class a lecture on werewolves to know where the legends come from and what werewolf means.

Answer 5

I've always thought of werewolves as a metaphor for the "beast within" which is why early werewolves transformed themselves by tearing off their skin as if peeling away their humanity and revealing the animal beneath. Not sure what that says about me though!lol

Answer 6

The first mention of a man who turned into a beast i think was in Greek mythology. King Lycaon or Lycanthus (a king of Arcadia) was a vain and miserly man. When Zeus called on him King Lycanthus was both happy at the honour and pissed at the expense. To prove the god wasn't really divine, he mixed human flesh into the meal he served Zeus. As a punishment he was turned into a wolf. Hence the Latin root word lycanth for all were wolf related mental illness. The french is Loup garou.

Answer 7

The name most likely derives from old English wer or were and wulf.The first part wer translates as "man",the second part translating as "wolf" or "beast"

In World War 11,the German SS formed an irregular network of partisan-like units known as Operation Werwolf to resist the occupation of allied forces.These units were under the leadership of the SS and were comprised of members of that group,along with members of the Heer and Hitler youth.Their campaign of resistance was,however,an almost complete fiasco,especially following their disownment by Hitler's successor Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz.

Answer 8

Were wolves are a European cultural myth. All races around the world have stories of people being able to transform into some kind of animal. Red Indian and African cultures also have Were people of some sort.

Answer 9

The werewolf legends started in the middle ages, especially from the 15th to 17th centurys in Europe. The first recorded Werewolf sighting took place around the countryside of two German towns called Colongne and Bedburg in 1591.
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Answer 10

Read a book the historian inc dracula and werewolves hard going but when you get into book enjoy