enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rougarou - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rougarou

    "Rougarou" represents a variant pronunciation and spelling of the original French loup-garou. [1] According to Barry Jean Ancelet , an academic expert on Cajun folklore and professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in America, the tale of the rougarou is a common legend across French Louisiana . [ 2 ]

  3. Caribbean folklore - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_folklore

    The "Ligahoo" or "Loup Garou" is a shape-changer, a man who has power over nature and the capacity to change form to that of an animal. In Caribbean Myths, the Loup-Garou is a man who made a deal with the devil to have the ability to change form (to a werewolf) so that at night, he could go around killing without ever being caught. [17]

  4. List of most-viewed YouTube channels - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-viewed...

    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Indian record label T-Series is the most-viewed YouTube channel, with over 283 billion views. The list of most-viewed YouTube ...

  5. Werewolf - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

    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 occasional ...

  6. Culture of Mauritius - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Mauritius

    Lougarou (lit. "werewolf" in English; from the French term "Loup garou") is a notorious figure which appears in Mauritian folklore, which is mostly used to scare children; its appearance may result from the combination of French and African folklore stories. The Lougarou appears at full moon and brings trouble to the local population.

  7. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends

    This is a list of urban legends.An urban legend or urban myth is a modern genre of folklore.It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements.

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

    www.aol.com/news/werewolves-real-facts-behind...

    Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...

  9. Blood and Chocolate (novel) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Chocolate_(novel)

    Vivian is a sixteen-year-old loup-garoux who has just started high school in a new town, she explains the circumstances that brought her there; formerly, she and her pack lived in another town, the teenage pack members started to become more feral, using their wolf forms to scare humans, one day, a loup-garoux named Axel lost control, killed a human girl and was witnessed changing back from ...