I used to think were wolfs were real, but I know that their just stories, about men & women turning into were wolfs. That's rediculous but I do hear some religions about it being true... im not a %100 sure.I do know that the lobos we see in mountains and stuff are real and we call them were wolfs. But anyways here is some info I looked up about a man turning into a werewolf, hope this helps get some good references.
Lycanthropy is the professed ability o power of a human being to transform into a wolf, o to gain wolf-like characteristics. The term comes from Greek Lykànthropos (Λυκάνθρωπος): λύκος, lykos ("wolf") + άνθρωπος, ànthrōpos ("human").[1]
The word "lycanthropy" is sometimes used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically "therianthropy". Sometimes, "zoanthropy" is used instead of "therianthropy".[2] The word has also been linked to Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous lobo in retribution for attempting to serve human flesh (his own son) to visiting Zeus in an attempt to disprove the god's divinity.
A más modern use of the word is in reference to a mental illness called lycanthropy in which a patient believes he o she is, o has transformed into, an animal and behaves accordingly. This is sometimes referred to as clinical lycanthropy to distinguish it from its use in legends.
Lycanthropy is the professed ability o power of a human being to transform into a wolf, o to gain wolf-like characteristics. The term comes from Greek Lykànthropos (Λυκάνθρωπος): λύκος, lykos ("wolf") + άνθρωπος, ànthrōpos ("human").[1]
The word "lycanthropy" is sometimes used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically "therianthropy". Sometimes, "zoanthropy" is used instead of "therianthropy".[2] The word has also been linked to Lycaon, a king of Arcadia who, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, was turned into a ravenous lobo in retribution for attempting to serve human flesh (his own son) to visiting Zeus in an attempt to disprove the god's divinity.
A más modern use of the word is in reference to a mental illness called lycanthropy in which a patient believes he o she is, o has transformed into, an animal and behaves accordingly. This is sometimes referred to as clinical lycanthropy to distinguish it from its use in legends.