Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
A full moon, a man sprouting fur and hunting by night, driven by a hunger he cannot control. To become a werewolf, you have to be bitten by another one, in some stories only under a full moon. Everyone knows this picture. It is also very recent.
The original story is far stranger. One of the earliest surviving accounts comes from the Greek historian Herodotus, writing in the 5th century BC. He describes the Neuri, a people living north of the Black Sea: each of them, he was told, turns into a wolf for a few days every year before returning to human form. Herodotus records the story, but makes clear he does not believe a word of it.
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- 2Lycaon, the king turned into a wolf
- 3Nine years in a wolf's skin
- 4Bisclavret, the honorable werewolf
- 5The fear behind the fur
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
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