lycanthrope
Human becoming wolf
A lycanthrope is a werewolf—a person who transforms into a wolf, typically under a full moon.
The term appears in fantasy fiction, horror, and role-playing games, where it may extend to any human-animal shapeshifter: The party encountered a lycanthrope in the forest.
Someone exhibiting lycanthropy suffers from the condition or delusion of being a wolf.
Being altering its form
- wolfmanHuman-canine shapeshifter
- lupineOf or like wolves
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- packGroup or compress
alpha · transformation · curse · bite · infection · bloodlust · man-wolf · wolfsbane
Organism that consumes others
carnivore · instinct · savage · feral · animalistic · prowl · hunt · prey
Invoked harm through words
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
unwilling · tragic · disease · infection · bloodline · hereditary · anguish · isolation
Body of traditional tales
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- taleSpoken or written narrative
saga · Romulus · Remus · skinwalker · berserker · Arcadia · Zeus · European
Profound biological restructuring
- shapeshiftMagically change physical form
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- transmutationComplete change of form
- transfigurationExalted change in appearance
painful · involuntary · shifting · change · mutation · grotesque · agonizing · snout
shapeshifter
Being altering its form
pack · alpha · transformation · curse · bite · infection · bloodlust · man-wolf · wolfsbane · pentagram
predator
Organism that consumes others
howl · carnivore · instinct · savage · feral · animalistic · prowl · hunt · prey · territory
curse
Invoked harm through words
- afflictedSuffering from something harmful
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
burden · unwilling · tragic · disease · infection · bloodline · hereditary · anguish · isolation · secret
mythology
Body of traditional tales
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
tale · saga · Romulus · Remus · skinwalker · berserker · Arcadia · Zeus · European · medieval
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- shapeshiftMagically change physical form
- morphingSeamless visual transformation process
- transmutationComplete change of form
transfiguration · painful · involuntary · shifting · change · mutation · grotesque · agonizing · snout · elongation
moonlit
Bathed in lunar glow
crescent · nightfall · moonrise · monthly · celestial · phases · eclipse
- mythic beingscentaur, mermaid, merman, minotaur, satyr
- Wolveswolf, werewolf, werewolves, wolf pack, lone wolf
- beast-menwolfman, catman, dogman, ratman, pigman
- shapeshiftersshapeshifter, werewolf, shape-shifting, skinwalker, doppelganger
- shape-changingwerewolf, chameleon, caterpillar, butterfly, tadpole
- fantasywizard, witch, magic, dragon, elf
lycanthropehuman
Homo sapiens individual
mortal · mundane · unafflicted · normal · rational being