Werewolf

early concept of the creature’s existence. Genetic mutations may serve as a possible explanation of the werewolf phenomenon. One example of these disorders is hypertrichosis, often “werewolf syndrome”. Hypertrichosis is a rare medical condition defined by excessive amounts of hair-growth on the entire body. Severe cases of this disease can depict the appearance of the werewolf. Julia Pastrana, for instance, was Mexican woman, in the 19th century, born with congenital hypertrichosis. Undiagnosed

describing Bisclavret, her main character, as well as defining what a werewolf is: “a ferocious beast which, when possessed by this madness, devours men, causes great damage and dwells in vast forests” (de France, 68). She wants to relate the two by allowing the reader to decide what she means by the descriptions and why she would correlate them. De France does a little play and twists the monsters throughout her story. Being a werewolf, Bisclavret may start out as a monster without; and, at first, his

the area. The color of the beast changed every time the beast was spotted; it would go from red to red with grey and white patches to red with stripes. Sometimes there would even be no red, it may just be black or white. Locals believed it to be a werewolf, or a sorcerer who shapeshifted into a monstrous predator to feed on human flesh. The beast was also

Werewolves are creatures that we find in many different cultures around the world. The most classically known origin story for the beasts comes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In it’s first book, Jupiter goes to Earth to observe humans after hearing of their evil nature. He reveals himself to the Arcadians who immediately start worshipping, all except their king, Lycaon. He does not believe the god’s immortality and seeks to put it to the test. Lycaon kills a messenger from another city and cooks him

folklore during that time. The spread of werewolf belief can be credited to colonialism by the europeans. In China and east asia this similar belief like werewolves was in weretigers. An ancient story of the werewolves come from a Roman myth. In 1 A.D. Ovid wrote metamorphoses, where he told the tale of king Lycoan. King Lycoan offended the gods by serving human meat to them at dinner. Jupiter punished this transgression by transforming Lycaon into a werewolf. In

seen as being his or her own but it belongs to the other person who has the honor of this action. The girl claims her sexual desire and her flesh as her own, she can give her “immaculate flesh” willfully to the werewolf and also take him. Carter even said that the girl “eats” the werewolf. “She will lay his fearful head on her lap and she will pick out the lice from his pelt and perhaps she will put the lice into her mouth and eat them,” (Carter, 118). When the girl burns her cape, she rejects her

Also with the transformation comes a lot of pain and loss of memory. Most of the time they do not remember what they did while being a Werewolf and they tend to cause a lot of collateral damage and great death of causalities; Which is only if they even survive their first time turning into a true werewolf. Vampires, however, control their causalities very well which is one of many reasons why they are superior. In fact, vampires have very strong handle of things when

I knew I wanted to be my favorite horror character for Halloween, but I didn’t expect the costume to come to life… It all started last week on Halloween. I went to the store to get my costume. I was going to be a Werewolf, my favorite horror character. I found the perfect mask, and the perfect plan to scare my friend Sola. I never knew the horror that would soon await me the next day.When I got home, I put the costume in my closet. And I got ready for bed, for I got home around 9:00. When I woke

appearance and bared teeth, a person could instantaneously become overwhelmed with sheer terror. The thought of coming in contact with such a threatening creature is certainly not an incident people want to envision. However, the thought of facing a werewolf, is even more horrifying. Visualizing a half man, half beast-like creature creeping through the night and howling at the moon is a rather disturbing thought, that many people believe to be insane. Although the idea of werewolves existing throughout

that lay on the floor. Stiles went over to it to pick it up. "Believe me now" he said as he shows me claw mark on the back of the chair. "Scott a werewolf, who need watching tonight with his date with Allison" I moaned out in annoyance. "This is not what I had planned for this year" "This is awesome right, Scott a werewolf our best is a werewolf" Stiles declare. "Stop right there, First it's a full moon tonight, so don't get too excited now " I said." I guess we can't enjoy the party now as