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A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope from the Greek is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction. Early sources for belief in lycanthropy are Petronius...see moreand Gervase of Tilbury see less