According to Legend a werewolf is someone who transforms into a wolf-like creature usually under the light of a full moon in this form they are said to be powerful uncontrollable and mayy even a little bloodthirsty but is there any scientific explanation for the whole werewolf myth well no one knows exactly when or where the werewolf legend began but some Scholars think it might be dated all the way back to the Epic of Gilgamesh in this ancient Tale the hero Gilgamesh rejects a potential lover after he finds out she has turned her previous partner in into a wolf another early wal story comes from ancient Greek mythology according to Legend King Lon served God Zeus a Meal made from human flesh this angered Zeus who turned Lon into a wolf as punishment this likely helped shape the wwol myths that followed in nor mythology there's a tale about a father and son who discover magical wolf first that allow them to transform into wolves for 10 days at a time stories like these spread across Europe and by the Middle Ages fear of mysterious WBLS was so fent that in some places people were even put on trial because they were suspected of being bubles these Tales have fascinated us for so long that even today WBLS are a staple in pop culture you'll find them everywhere from classic horror films like the Wolfman to Michael Jackson's thrill video and recent hits like the Twilight Saga but again is there any real truth behind these Legends interestingly there's a rare Cy eological condition known as clinical lyen tropy this is a type of delusion where a person truly believes they transforming into an animal most often a wolf people with clinical ly and tropy may feel as if their bodies are covered in F their teeth are sharping and the nails are growing into claws some even start growling or crave raw meat and believe it or not since 1850 around 13 documented cases have matched this description most of these cases are linked to serious mental health conditions like bipolar disorder or schizophrenia which can distort a person's sense of reality in powerful ways to learn about it please check out our video on the same now there are also physical conditions that might have fueled the werewolf myth hypo thosis a rare genetic disorder causes excessive hair growth all over the body giving some people a wolflike appearance rabies a virus that can cause aggression and fear of water might have added to the legend as well in medieval times people with these symptoms may have been seen as cursed and infected with some kind of Beastly Spirit but apart from these medical conditions and a few questionable eyewitness encounters there's no real evidence that woles exist so are woles real not in the way forl describes but human imagination along with some rare medical conditions has kept the werewolf legend alive and who knows on the next full moon maybe some part of you will wonder if something is lurking in the shadows dri your time did you know the word lycanthropy comes from the Greek word lyos meaning wolf and anthropos meaning human yes originally it referred to the mythological transformation from Human to Wolf but today it also describes the rare psychiatric condition sketching time today's sketch of the day goes.
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