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  2. Werewolves of Ossory - Wikipedia

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    In the animated series The Mummy, in the episode called "Howl", the main characters travels into Ireland where Rick gets bitten by one of the wolves and turns into a werewolf as a result. In the 2020 animated film Wolfwalkers , the titular Wolfwalkers take inspiration from the Werewolves of Ossory, particularly the accounts where they become ...

  3. Werewolf - Wikipedia

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    In folklore, a werewolf [a] (from Old English werwulf ' man-wolf '), or occasionally lycanthrope [b] (from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος, lykánthrōpos, 'wolf-human'), is an individual who can shape-shift into a wolf, or especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction, often a bite or the ...

  4. Rougarou - Wikipedia

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    This coincides with the French Catholic loup-garou stories, according to which the method for turning into a werewolf is to break Lent seven years in a row. [citation needed] A common blood sucking legend says that the rougarou is under the spell for 101 days. After that time, the curse is transferred from person to person when the rougarou ...

  5. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...

  6. Thiess of Kaltenbrun - Wikipedia

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    Thiess of Kaltenbrunn (Kniedini), also spelled Thies, and commonly referred to as the Livonian werewolf, was a Livonian man who was put on trial for heresy in Jürgensburg, Swedish Livonia, in 1692. At the time in his eighties, Thiess openly proclaimed himself to be a werewolf ( wahrwolff ), claiming that he ventured into Hell with other ...

  7. Wulver - Wikipedia

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    The wulver is said by the Shetland folklorist Jessie Saxby to be benevolent, [3] [4] although later accounts state that they became violent if provoked. [5] They were generally friendly to locals, however, and were known to share the fish they caught with them.

  8. Werwolf - Wikipedia

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    Werwolf pennant with the Wolfsangel symbol in horizontal form Werwolf badge with the Totenkopf symbol. Werwolf (pronounced [ˈveːɐ̯vɔlf], German for "werewolf") was a Nazi plan which began development in 1944, [1] to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany in parallel with the Wehrmacht fighting in front of the lines.

  9. Beast of Bray Road - Wikipedia

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    The Beast of Bray Road is often described by alleged witnesses as being between 6 feet (1.8 m) and 7 feet (2.1 m) tall, with a humanoid style body, covered in fur or hair, and with a head resembling a wolf and large, glowing red or orange eyes.