werewolf. fact or fiction?

Question

i was always wondering abou the truth behind the famos werewolves.
got any suggstions?

Answer 1

I don't know about in the traditional sense, but I saw something freaky once. on the way home from my rural area school (deserted highway) a black "dog" half the size of the bus ran right in front of it. It didn't seem like it was going very fast, but we were going 70 and the thing didn't miss a beat. It crossed the road and disappeared. The bus driver and myself both saw it and also talked to the local ranchers and the BLM. No one ever saw or heard from it since.

Answer 2

Werewolf Fact Or Fiction

Answer 3

Fiction.

Answer 4

As Ningerbil2000 said alot of fiction around a little distorted fact. Werewolf, obviously a germanic word (were is old german for man, weregild was scandinavian term for "man price", blood money for killing a man, paid to his next of kin). Ever see the 13th Warrior with Antonio Banderas? Not a terribly original movie, the Arab character is based off of a real Arabian historian, the hero king is based off of Beowulf. The enemies appear to be basef off of Berserkers. Bloody lunatics dressed in bear skins (thats what the translation is), quite possibly drugged on some type of mushroom. It is known that ulfhednar would get dressed up in wulf skins for a battle. Roman Legions had some soldiers (can't remember if it was a standard bearer or some form of chaplain) in wolf furs. Across Europe the wolf was a respected and feared creature, little wonder if soldiers wanted to be possessed by the spirit of the wolf. People banished from the towns and cities in Scandinavia were called vargr, another word for wolf (related to warg, in Tolkiens works and their derivatives and modern Swedish) and they would often be bandits, preying on people from the forest. Add in the dark forests of Central and Eastern Europe, such as the infamous Black Forest and a superstitous mindframe were everything was blamed on something supernatural (from displeased Gods in the early period to witchs and the breaking of taboos in the later) and perceptions are easily warped, allowing some to think themselves possessed by the wolf.

Answer 5

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werewolf. fact or fiction?
i was always wondering abou the truth behind the famos werewolves.
got any suggstions?

Answer 6

In folklore, lycanthropy is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. The term comes from Greek lykánthropos (λυκάνθρωπος): λύκος, lýkos ("wolf") + άνθρωπος, ánthrōpos ("man") . The word can also be used transitively, referring to the act of transforming someone else into a wolf, or werewolf.
Whether it is simply an old folktale every culture has stories of this creature

Answer 7

fiction, and here are reasons why
they only emerge at the full moon and in some studies it was proven that some werewolves were just people who had hallucinations by the use of chemicals and some were formed from cult of witchcraft and devilry.
and from that information it was all fake, fiction if you will.

Answer 8

Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are mythological or folkloric people with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or wolflike creature, either purposely, by using magic, or after being placed under a curse.

Answer 9

Their have been reported sightings in Wisconsin of a werewolf.

Answer 10

The below links has interesting info on werewolves, origins and cases. I think this is one where we have to judge for ourselves. Me, I think a lot of folklore padding a grain or two of fact (the fact often turning out to be mental illness or drugs).