Research paper
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:29 am
The world is filled with myths, legends, and folklore that many people are frighten of what has happened in the past will come forth and haunt the present. The legend of the Lycanthropes and wolves . To prove to people that one is legend, myth and the other is a creature of today "the present", the past and the future.
Over the past few centuries, people have claimed to be a werewolf. Some say its witchcraft, others say its the dead coming back for living flesh. The claims turn up to be, not being bitten by a Lycanthrope (another name or word meaning "Werewolf". The word Werewolf is a word combined of two Greek words. "The first part, wer, translates as "man" (in the sense of male human, not the race of humanity). The second half, wulf, is the ancestor of modern English "wolf"; in some cases it also had the general meaning "beast." Lycanthropy is defined as a rare psychiatric syndrome which involves a delusion that the affected person can or has transformed into an animal, or that he or she is an animal. Its name is connected to the mythical condition of lycanthropy, a supernatural affliction in which people are said to physically shape shift into wolves. The word zoanthropy is also sometimes used for the delusion that one has turned into an animal in general and not specifically a wolf"(Etymology) and as to this day there is still no cure. Lycanthropes are also known to have weaknesses. They can be pierced through the heart or any other vital part of the body, any severing of the head of the beast can kill it. If you wound a werewolf then it can heal when it reverts back to its human form, healing any wounds that it had received during its state as a werewolf.
Wolves have been a part of this world since ancient times. Historically, wolves roamed throughout the lower 48 states, but centuries of misconceptions and hostility toward the species led to intense human persecution. These factors coupled with habitat loss effectively wiped out the species throughout most of the country during the twentieth century. Many over the centuries can to believe if you were seen with a wolf then you had sold your soul to the devil. However, this is not true. Wolves are shy animals and prefer to stay away from human contact if possible. Most tend to come to think wolves as lycanthropes although they are different. Lycanthropes like the taste of human flesh, even though this is according to the legends. It is true though that some wolves in the past have attacked humans. This type of behavior is caused by the wolf being unhealthy and sick, or provoked to attacked such as when they are defending their pack of pups in the spring.
Lycanthropes and wolves share some characteristics. They share the following: They both have fur, claws, with padding underfoot, sharp teeth, ears that are pulled back, heighten senses, stretched jaw outward to form a muzzle, and they also both howl at the full moon. Here are some things that make them different from wolves. Lycanthropes have a humanoid shape, muscular body, human emotions, and some are able to wear human clothing. Some similarities are they can both walk on four legs, both eat red meat "not human flesh" they both hunt mainly wild animals.
In the Native American culture having the name "Ho-Ne-He" meaning "wolf" meant you're fast, cunning, swift, and intelligent.
Also within the tribe there was a "shaman" or "medicine man" who was also to be considered " the one with nature". In the Navajo beliefs there was one "Skin Walker" in the tribe, meaning he/she could transform into a wolf or other animals by putting on the animals hides or furs.
Now a days people come to accept others for the way they act. Most people who have the mental disease prefer to stay away from large quality of people to prevent harm of any type to anyone around them. Lycanthropes and wolves are similar in other ways even the experts can't grasp even to understand myself. The world is filled with myths, legends, folklore, and many other things that people try to grasp and understand but not many are willing to listen and discover the possibilities of what the world contains hidden under the curtain of lies, opinions, and facts. Sometimes things happen that we can't explain or have an logical explanation for it. Please understand that seeing a wolf is not a sin, just observe it in its natural habitat and let this help you understand why.
Over the past few centuries, people have claimed to be a werewolf. Some say its witchcraft, others say its the dead coming back for living flesh. The claims turn up to be, not being bitten by a Lycanthrope (another name or word meaning "Werewolf". The word Werewolf is a word combined of two Greek words. "The first part, wer, translates as "man" (in the sense of male human, not the race of humanity). The second half, wulf, is the ancestor of modern English "wolf"; in some cases it also had the general meaning "beast." Lycanthropy is defined as a rare psychiatric syndrome which involves a delusion that the affected person can or has transformed into an animal, or that he or she is an animal. Its name is connected to the mythical condition of lycanthropy, a supernatural affliction in which people are said to physically shape shift into wolves. The word zoanthropy is also sometimes used for the delusion that one has turned into an animal in general and not specifically a wolf"(Etymology) and as to this day there is still no cure. Lycanthropes are also known to have weaknesses. They can be pierced through the heart or any other vital part of the body, any severing of the head of the beast can kill it. If you wound a werewolf then it can heal when it reverts back to its human form, healing any wounds that it had received during its state as a werewolf.
Wolves have been a part of this world since ancient times. Historically, wolves roamed throughout the lower 48 states, but centuries of misconceptions and hostility toward the species led to intense human persecution. These factors coupled with habitat loss effectively wiped out the species throughout most of the country during the twentieth century. Many over the centuries can to believe if you were seen with a wolf then you had sold your soul to the devil. However, this is not true. Wolves are shy animals and prefer to stay away from human contact if possible. Most tend to come to think wolves as lycanthropes although they are different. Lycanthropes like the taste of human flesh, even though this is according to the legends. It is true though that some wolves in the past have attacked humans. This type of behavior is caused by the wolf being unhealthy and sick, or provoked to attacked such as when they are defending their pack of pups in the spring.
Lycanthropes and wolves share some characteristics. They share the following: They both have fur, claws, with padding underfoot, sharp teeth, ears that are pulled back, heighten senses, stretched jaw outward to form a muzzle, and they also both howl at the full moon. Here are some things that make them different from wolves. Lycanthropes have a humanoid shape, muscular body, human emotions, and some are able to wear human clothing. Some similarities are they can both walk on four legs, both eat red meat "not human flesh" they both hunt mainly wild animals.
In the Native American culture having the name "Ho-Ne-He" meaning "wolf" meant you're fast, cunning, swift, and intelligent.
Also within the tribe there was a "shaman" or "medicine man" who was also to be considered " the one with nature". In the Navajo beliefs there was one "Skin Walker" in the tribe, meaning he/she could transform into a wolf or other animals by putting on the animals hides or furs.
Now a days people come to accept others for the way they act. Most people who have the mental disease prefer to stay away from large quality of people to prevent harm of any type to anyone around them. Lycanthropes and wolves are similar in other ways even the experts can't grasp even to understand myself. The world is filled with myths, legends, folklore, and many other things that people try to grasp and understand but not many are willing to listen and discover the possibilities of what the world contains hidden under the curtain of lies, opinions, and facts. Sometimes things happen that we can't explain or have an logical explanation for it. Please understand that seeing a wolf is not a sin, just observe it in its natural habitat and let this help you understand why.