Werewolf America
When the European colonization of the Americas occurred, the pioneers brought their own werewolf folklore with them and were later influenced by the lore of their neighbouring colonies and those
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Universal lycanthropy
The folklore, fairy tales, and legends of many nations and peoples show evidence of belief in creatures who lived alternately as men or women and as animals, borrowing the shapes of predators that plagued their particular homelands. In Europe, the wolf is the prevalent animal form for shapeshifters. It appears in almost every country and subculture.
In regions of the world where wolves are scarce, or not present at all, humans are sometimes portrayed as transforming into bears, leopards, tigers, or hyena and become Windigos, werebears, werecoyotes, wereleopards, weretigers, ravens, werebats, wererats ….
Werewolf Asia
In India and the Asian islands the tiger is the most common animal for transfomation; in Japan, the kitsune (fox), the tanuki (raccoon dog), and sometimes the wolf are invoked.
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Werewolf Argentina
Name : Lobisón Origin : Brazilian traditions Behavior: the Lobisón wanders in the hills and mountains, feeding mostly upon carrion. However, if they get to meet with a human being,
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Werewolf Australia
Australia’s desert werewolf, the Irrinja are sometimes referred to as a devil-dog or devil-dingo. Their primary habitat is among sand dunes and desert, where they keep to their own and
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Werewolf Haiti
In Haitian folklore, a loup-garou is a person who is possessed by a spirit and can turn into a wolf The “werewolves” who devote themselves to this end are sorcerers,
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Werewolf Germany
In Germany, the werewolf is called a böxenwolf. Böxenwolves are humans who are in league with the devil and who can assume the form of animals by buckling a strap
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Werewolf France
Loup-garou is prevalent in France, with the Beast of Gevaudan being the most famous documented case. The biscalavret is a werewolf that cannot return to human form unless it can
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Werewolf England
From THE BOOK OF WERE-WOLVESby SABINE BARING-GOULDSmith, Elder & Co., London1865 English folklore is singularly barren of werewolf stories, the reason being that wolves had been extirpated from England under
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