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Zeus turning Lycaon into a wolf; engraving by Hendrik Goltzius.. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, romanized: Lukáōn, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
Lycaon. From Ovid's Metamorphoses Book I, 209 ff. In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Λυκάων) was the name of the following personages: . Lycaon [1] or Lycon, [2] an Arcadian hero and prince as son of the giant Aezeius, one of the first Peloponnesian kings, by a nymph.
In fact, Greek mythology tells the story of a confrontation between Lycaon, a cruel king, and the Greek god, Zeus, in which Zeus ultimately punishes Lycaon by turning him into a wolf.
Werewolf. Origin: Unknown. ... The story goes that Zeus was so angry at Lycaon’s crass offering that he turned the king and all of his sons into werewolves. There’s also Fenrir, the beast from ...
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 ...
In the founding myth, of Lycaon's [2] banquet for the gods that included the flesh of a human sacrifice, [3] perhaps one of his sons, Nyctimus [4] or his grandson, Arcas, [5] Zeus overturned the table and struck the house of Lycaon with a thunderbolt; [6] his patronage at the Lykaia can have been little more than a formula. [7]
Lycaon ("wolf") Wolf: Zeus A king of Arcadia, Lycaon, once invited Zeus over for dinner. Lycaon butchered and served Zeus one of his own sons, or alternatively Arcas, Zeus’ own son by Lycaon's daughter Callisto. Zeus punished Lycaon by turning him into a wolf. Lycian peasants: Frogs: Leto
While stories of shapeshifters have circulated in every culture throughout history, including the Greeks, the werewolf as we know it today, has its roots firmly planted in the movie "The Wolf Man."