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The Werewolf. Myths, Legends, and a little Science. Gilgamesh. First ever mention of a werewolf (that we know of). The Early Romans. Petronius’ The Satyricon. 1 st Century AD. Trimalchio’s Banquet. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Werewolf
Myths, Legends, and a little Science
Gilgamesh• First ever mention of a werewolf (that
we know of)
The Early Romans• Petronius’ The Satyricon
1st Century AD
Trimalchio’s Banquet• Two guys walking along, they go into
a graveyard, one needs to pee, and then he turns into a wolf and starts to howl.
• (really, I didn’t make this up)
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
2nd century AD
King Lycaon of ArcadiaBook I of Ovid’s epic (first metamorphosis)• Jupiter changes King Lycaon
into a Werewolf
In English . . . • The first mention (in English) of
werewolves comes in 1000 (about the same time as the Beowulf text was written down). This is also in Old English.
• c1000 Laws Cnut xxvi. (Lieberm.) , Þæt se wodfreca werewulf to swyðe ne slite, ne to fela ne abite of godcundre heorde.
Kings . . .• King Arthur (as told by Malory)
1470–85 MALORY Morte d'Arthur XIX. xi. 793 His wyf..made hym seuen yere a werwolf.
• King James (King of England)1597 KING JAMES VI & I Daemonologie III. i. 61 And are not war-woolfes one sorte of these spirites also..?
Werewolves & The Church• In the 5th century, St. Augustine
argues (against popular belief) that the werewolf is an illusion because “only God can change matter; the Devil merely deceives men’s senses.”
• But many others in and outside the Church believed that werewolves existed.
Trials• Peter Stubbe
was executed for being a werewolf in Germany in 1589. It is reported that he killed his victims and then drank their blood, and ate their flesh.
• Follow this link for a fascinating and artistic YouTube rendition of the story of Peter Stubbe.
The execution of Peter Stubbe, 1589
• In 1603, a French boy (14), Jean Grenier, confessed to being a werewolf and the murder of 14 or more people. He was given life in prison and died 7 years later
Disease / Science (ish)• Lycanthopia, lycanthopes (1584)• Lupina Melancholia• Melancholy• Porphyia• Hypertrichosis• Lycanthrope• Schizophrenia