lycanthropy
Becoming a wolf
Lycanthropy is the mythological transformation of a human into a wolf, or the delusion that one has become a wolf.
The word names the condition of the werewolf.
In psychiatry, clinical lycanthropy is a rare disorder where patients believe they are transforming into an animal: The patient presented with lycanthropy, convinced he became a wolf at night.
Invoked harm through words
- howlProlonged mournful cry
- wolfsbaneToxic flowering plant
- packGroup or compress
- alphaFirst Greek letter
lupine · fur · fangs · claws · moonlight · hunt · beast · territory
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
- skinwalkerNavajo witch who transforms
berserker · selkie · kitsune · curse · superstition · village · peasant · medieval
Exploiting the vulnerable
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- savageFierce and untamed
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- primalFirst in origin
untamed · brutal · vicious · prowling · stalking · hunting · pouncing · howling
Profound biological restructuring
- shapeshiftMagically change physical form
- morphChange form gradually
- changeTo make different
- mutateChange genetic structure
transfigure · hybrid · man-wolf · bones · flesh · painful · involuntary · reversion
Stubbornly held false belief
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- disorderAbsence of organization
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
diagnosis · psychiatric · body dysmorphia · dissociative · therapy · antipsychotic · case study · patient
curse
Invoked harm through words
alpha · lupine · fur · fangs · claws · moonlight · hunt · beast · territory · prowl
legend
Unverified traditional tale
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
skinwalker · berserker · selkie · kitsune · curse · superstition · village · peasant · medieval · European
predatory
Exploiting the vulnerable
- instinctualDriven by natural impulse
- savageFierce and untamed
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
primal · untamed · brutal · vicious · prowling · stalking · hunting · pouncing · howling · snarling
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- shapeshiftMagically change physical form
- morphChange form gradually
- changeTo make different
mutate · transfigure · hybrid · man-wolf · bones · flesh · painful · involuntary · reversion · dawn
delusion
Stubbornly held false belief
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- disorderAbsence of organization
mental illness · diagnosis · psychiatric · body dysmorphia · dissociative · therapy · antipsychotic · case study · patient · syndrome
fullmoon
Entire lunar disc visible
waxing · waning · gibbous · crescent · moonrise · nightsky · lunacy · moonstruck · trigger · monthly
spell
Arrange letters correctly
charm · sorcery · enchantment · witch · amulet · talisman · omen · possession · pagan · druid
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- magical transformationshapeshifting, metamorphosis, polymorph, transfiguration, transmogrification
- Wolveswolf, werewolf, werewolves, wolf pack, lone wolf
- Moon Loremoon goddess, moon symbol, moon spirit, crescent moon, full moon
- shapeshiftersshapeshifter, werewolf, shape-shifting, skinwalker, doppelganger
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
lycanthropyvampirism
Feeding on blood
undeath · humanity · demonic possession · mortality · zombification
lycanthropyhumanity
People as a whole
human nature · sanity · self-control · rationality · normalcy