![]() ![]() They rejected the mythology and believed that the change into animals was a diseased condition brought on by melancholia or drugs. However, a number of ancient writers such as Galen and Virgil provided the first descriptions of lycanthropy. ![]() Lycaon (hence the word lycanthropy) displeased Zeus and the deity changed him into a wolf. The oldest report of a man changing into a wolf was from ancient Greek mythology. Origin of the Werewolf: Like the vampire, and unlike Frankenstein’s monster, the werewolf was an ancient figure found in the folklore of people worldwide. There is also a disease, lycanthropy, in which people believe that they change into a werewolf when in fact they do not. By definition, the werewolf is a human being who at various times (usually at the full moon), either voluntarily or involuntarily, changes into a wolf or wolflike creature and assumes many of the characteristics of the wolf, especially its viciousness. That relationship was largely established in the 1930s with the production of two werewolf movies by Universal Pictures and the inclusion of the werewolf and the vampire together in three monster mash films during the 1940s. The werewolf is one of several monsters closely associated in the public mind with the vampire. ![]()
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