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The werejaguar was both an Olmec motif and a supernatural entity, perhaps a deity. The werejaguar motif is characterized by almond-shaped eyes, a downturned open mouth, and a cleft head. [ 1 ] It appears widely in the Olmec archaeological record, and in many cases, under the principle of pars pro toto , the werejaguar motif represents the ...
Ailuranthropy comes from the Greek root words ailouros meaning "cat", [1] and anthropos, meaning "human" [2] and refers to human/feline transformations, or to other beings that combine feline and human characteristics.
In the early modern world, there was not always a clear separation between the idea of the werewolf and the witch. A werewolf could be male or female but was not necessarily a witch. Some witches, however, could transform themselves into dogs or wolves or enchant those animals, and witch trials sometimes mention witches riding wolves. A ...
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 ...
Werewolf – human, shapeshifts to a wolf because of an affliction, lycanthrope (Worldwide) Felines Bael ( Demonology ) – First king of Hell with three heads: a man, a toad, and a cat
The Lykoi, or so-called “werewolf cat” is another one of these breeds. View the original article to see embedded media. Lykoi cats first came into being less than fifteen years ago, when a ...
Werewolves. Halloween Monsters (Bettmann Archive) Half-man, half-canine, werewolves have been around for centuries. At least in folklore, anyway. What's the origin of the enduring legend?
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 ...