Lecture 23: Werewolves Flashcards
what is a werewolf
a regular man that is able to turn into a wolf
how does werewolf folklore progress
starts as a story, they then move out of story and become culture
who wrote the most famous werewolf story
patronius in his satyricon
explain patronius’ werewolf story
a freedman is at trimalchios dinner party with a bunch of other rich free man and tells a story about a werewolf
he sees a guy who he thinks he knows in a graveyard, sees him strip and then pee around his clothes and then they turn to stone. the during the full moon he turns into a wolf and goes into woods
why did the freed man say he doesnt wanna associate with the werewolf anymore
even though he knew this guy, he doesnt want to associate with werewolves because they are not normal people
explain the werewolf story of lycaon of arcadia (GREEK)
every 9 years, there is an arcadian tradition that men turn into werewolf for 9 years, and if he doesnt have any human flesh and his clothes are ther in that time he can go back to being a human
lycaon was the king of arcadia he killed and cooked human flesh of a hostage and then when he ate he was immediately turned into a wolf
is a werewolf lone or pack
usually lone
explain the story of pausanius on vengeful ghosts (GREEK)
a hero stopped and raped a woman and he was stoned to death, he does not think it was necessary
his ghost is vengeful and to help him you need to sacrifice a virgin every year
euthymus says this is crazy so he asks to marry the virgin and expel the ghost
pausanius said instead of a ghost it was a werewolf and his name was lycas/wolly/corpse
what is euhermerism
that every story has some ounce of truth to it
