Warwoof
Widcut o a werewolf attack, bi Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1512 | |
| Groupin | Leegendar craitur |
|---|---|
| Seemilar craiturs | Vampire |
| Kintra | Romanie, Serbie, Slovenie, Croatie, Macedonie, Bulgarie, Albanie, Hungary |
| Region | The Americaes, Europe, Asie, Africae |
A werewolf (frae Auld Inglis: wer, "man") is a mythological or fowklairic human wi the abeelity tae shapeshift intae a wouf or a therianthropic hybrid wouf-lik craitur, either purposely or efter bein placed unner a curse or affliction (e.g. via a bite or scart frae anither warwouf). In Daemonologie, James VI o Scots wrate the furst kent screivins anent werewolfs in the Scots leid.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "King James and the Werewolves". Centre for the Scots Leid.
The earliest kent screivings anent werewolfs – in the Scots leid – dates fae 1597. Nae less a cheil nor King Jamie VI wrate a wee tait aboot the subject.