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history of lycanthropes (all dates are in the titles, not the actual date posted)

  • Jan 1, 1001

    1550 BC

    1550 BC
    King Lycaon served flesh to Zues. Zues then turned the king into a wolf. Not true lycanthropy, but stays with the idea of it
  • Jan 1, 1025

    37 BC

    37 BC
    Poet Virgil, in the "Eclogues", describes the change of Moeris to the form of a wolf by the use of herbs. possibly actually a hallucination
  • Oct 22, 1050

    60 AD

    60 AD
    a soldier had reported an account that his sheild brother had turned at night during patrol.
  • Oct 24, 1075

    220~299

    220~299
    a soldier is dishonored and he turnes into a wolf, he than changes back when his hand is cut off
  • Oct 24, 1100

    970

    970
    A necromancer turns himself into a wolf using his powers
  • Oct 24, 1125

    1182

    1182
    Irish werewolves who transform during the Yuletide feast. The werewolves were reportedly natives of Ossory, whose people had been cursed by St. Natalis for their wickedness.
  • Oct 24, 1150

    1541

    1541
    In Italy, a farmer in the form of a wolf is said to have torn many men in the open country to pieces. After being captured, he assures his captors that the only difference between himself and a natural wolf, was that in a wolf the hair grew outward, while in him it struck inward. he dies from disection
  • Oct 24, 1175

    1935

    1935
    Full moon werewolf transformation table adopted into movies.
  • Oct 24, 1200

    no date given

    no date given
    werewolfs in certain movies can control their transformations. (image from underworld)
  • Oct 24, 1225

    present day diversity

    present day diversity
    many kinds of werewolves are used in hollywood horrors today and they use many different computer graphics and robots to create them.