Number 7
Loup Garou or Rougarou from Cajun Folklore
Loup Garou is the French word for werewolves and the stories of the Loup Garou remained
in the folklore of Cajun French Louisiana.
The story of the Loup Garou is believed to have manifested in the Medieval France told
to children to scare them into staying away from the woods at night, and that story is
believed to have followed the French settlers to the US which is now commonly called the Rougarou.
The Rougarou is the type of werewolf with a humanoid body.
They have their sanity and is completely aware of themselves when they turn but the urge
to kill is heightened.
To kill for food.
They also have enhanced physical abilities such as strength, speed, better senses, anything
for hunting better.
From legends, most of them seems to say that people turn into a Rougarou because of a curse.
A curse that can be passed on to other people.
The origin of the curse seems to be either from a witch or is automatic if you don't
observe the rules of Lent for seven years in a row.
So you guessed it, the origin is technically unknown.
Anyways, the legend says that when a person comes in contact with a Rougarou and manage
to shed the beast's blood, the Rougarou will turn back into human.
The person that managed to make the beast bleed is then cursed into being a Rougarou
for 101 nights.
The curse would only become permanent if the person tells others of their situation.
Number 6
Stüpp from German Folklore
First of all I'd like to thank Moritz Krause for talking about this species of werewolf
in the comments.
Very interesting I must say.
Now this werewolf is quite a weird one.
It's not the typical werewolf that claws and bites.
Nope, it likes to stay hidden in the dark, lurking, waiting for a possible victim to
cross upon its path.
It would even sit in the form of a small dog, harmlessly waiting by the wayside but when
it sees a lone traveler especially weary ones, it would jump onto the victim.
Clinging on them, slowly growing larger with every step.
Larger and heavier until *snap* the person below it breaks because of the pressure.
There's another version of a werewolf from Germany which is similar but a bit milder
than the Stupp called the Boxenwolf.
Yes it would pounce on the victim and cling onto them but rather than crushing them to
death, it would rob the victim and run.
In one folklore, the Boxenwolf was a man that had a magical belt.
That belt gave him powers to shape-shift and he used that power to rob people.
Number 5
Je Rouge from Haitian Folklore
Je Rouge means red eyes and they are a vampire-werewolf-spirit hybrid that only feeds on human blood.
As a spirit, it would possess people at night and cause them to transform into a wolf.
A talking wolf.
They like children but they are bound by a certain rule.
That rule is to ask the permission from the child's mother to feed.
So they usually come at night when people are sleeping, maybe even stand near the bedside,
staring, waiting for the right moment and then it would whisper the question
(whisper) "Can I?"
while trying to be as ambiguous as it can be.
This is when the mother half asleep would mumble a yes or no.
If the answer is no the kid's lucky.
If the answer is yes, it would proceed on sucking the blood of the child and sometimes,
once the child dies, it would drag the body to a nearby pack of wolves and let them eat the child.
Number 4
Lob Hombre from Spanish Folklore
Most legends of werewolves seems to be talking about male werewolves but the Lob Hombre is
usually female and rather than going out and about killing humans, it likes gemstones.
The legend of the Lob Hombre for me is a rather sad and confusing one.
The Lob Hombre is usually cursed by their own parent because of something they do.
I guess its one of those stories to scare children with.
So once upon a time, there was a girl.
The girl seems like a normal girl but she has a huge love for eating meat, raw meat.
So much so, all she wanted to do was eat meat and nothing else.
One day, the father couldn't stand the sight of his daughter being lazy and the sight of
her eating raw meat, he got mad.
So mad, he banished and cursed his daughter into the mountains so she could live with
the wolves and eat flesh to her heart's content.
Apparently what the girl love wasn't really meat, it was the sight of the raw meat which
is pretty similar to beautiful gemstones.
Number 3
Wepwawet from Ancient Egyptian Mythology
The wolf god.
A deity associated with Lycopolis aka the City of Wolves in Upper Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.
Often times it is confused with the god Anubis because of its depiction as a man with the
head of a canine but the Anubis has the head of a jackal while the Wepwawet, a wolf.
His name means the Opener of Ways, a god that guided souls of the dead to and through Duat
aka purgatory, thus another similarity Wepwawet has with Anubis.
He started as a war deity an was seen as a scout to make a way or route for the army
to proceed forward but seeing how war and death is always together, thus he became the
guide in Duat.
So why is he a werewolf?
Well because human body and wolf head.
*Ding* :)
Number 2
King Lycaon from Greek Mythology
He was the king of Arcadia that was known to be impious and cruel.
Figuratively Lycaon was a beast even before turning into one because of his
cruelty and for having 50 offspring and various wives.
Before he and his sons neglected their responsibilities and faith, he was the one who made Arcadia
prosper and erected many temples for his people to worship Zeus.
But because of this neglect Zeus, decided to come down from Olympus dressed as a peasant
to put Lycaon to a special test.
Zeus came knocking on the palace doors and because King Lycaon was a perceptive and intelligent
man, he actually figured out that it wasn't just a mere peasant but Zeus.
So he welcomed the visitor generously and gave the best hospitality he could offer.
However, he also wanted to test Zeus to see if Zeus is really omniscient.
He killed his own son and made a dish out of him to serve Zeus.
Of course Zeus knew about this and filled with divine wrath, he punished Lycaon and the rest of
his sons into wolves.
He then resurrected the dead son and made him king of Arcadia instead.
Number 1
Werewolves of Ossory from Irish Folklore
Before the extinction of wolves in Ireland, there was quite a collection of werewolf legends
in the Irish folklore and mythology but the most talked about is the werewolves of Ossory.
Ossory being a medieval Irish kingdom which is located in most of present-day County Kilkenny
and some of western County Laois.
It was said that the people of Ossory can transform into a wolf while still having the
sanity of a human just like the tribe of Laignech Faelads.
The legendary tribe of Laignech Faelad were warriors, they were said to always be dressed
in wolf skins, very brutal and would transform into beasts in battle.
They were mercenaries and would fight for any kings as long as they were paid with the
flesh of newborns.
But anyways back to the werewolves of Ossory.
They were normal people except for the shape-shifting ability and its not just the normal shape-shifting
ability but its a bit like the Selkie's.
Because they need a wolf's skin to transform.
Now the people of Ossory are subjected to a curse that every 7 years, 2 of their descendants,
one man and one woman, no matter the age will be compelled to turn into wolves and live in the woods.
After 7 years of being a wolf and IF they survived, they can go back to their human
lives and by then 2 others will be compelled to turn into wolves.
Is this curse still around?
Seeing how wolves are extinct in Ireland, maybe they are forever gone.