werwolf

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Definition von werwolf im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

{i} wolf-man, man who turns into a wolf when the moon is full (Folklore)

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werewolf

A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human; often said to transform during a full moon

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A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or voluntarily; a lycanthrope

werewolf

{i} wolf-man, man who turns into a wolf when the moon is full (Folklore)

werewolf

From germanic wer = man, human and wulf = wolf The original therianthrope of Middle Europe

werewolf

a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf

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Belief in werewolves, formerly general, is not now extinct

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In stories and films, a werewolf is a person who changes into a wolf. werewolves a person who, in stories, changes into a wolf every month when the moon is full. In European folklore, a man who changes into a wolf at night and devours animals, people, or corpses, returning to human form by day. Some werewolves are thought to change shape at will; others, who inherited the condition or acquired it by being bitten by a werewolf, are transformed involuntarily under the influence of a full moon. Belief in werewolves is found throughout the world and was especially common in 16th-century France. Humans who believe they are wolves suffer from a mental disorder called lycanthropy

werewolf

A person who is transformed into a wolf or a wolflike human when there is a full moon

werewolf

(Old English werewulf,"man-wolf") According to an ancient a man who is transformed, or who transforms himself, into a wolf in nature and appearance The werewolf, sometimes transformed under the influence of a full moon, roams about at night, devouring infants or corpses Stories of such transformations are given in the works of several classical writers and the superstition was common throughout Europe in late medieval times, when many men were accused and convicted of being werewolves The term lycanthropy refers to the delusion that one has become a wolf

werewolf

A person transformed into a wolf or capable of assuming the form of a wolf

werewolf

Anglican hymn writer and brother of John Wesley, founder of Methodism

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