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So far, the harmless "living corpses" in traditional Greek superstition have turned into bloodthirsty demons.

But at that time, Europeans had not yet invented the word "vampire". Each country used its own unique words to name this magical animal.

The vampire incident also aroused strong repercussions everywhere, even in Paris in Western Europe. The Elegant Courier, a magazine so favored by the court in France, had a special issue in its October 1694 issue.

Until the end of the seventeenth century, the name "vampire" was still not a conventional term, but the superstition about vampires in Eastern European countries has become a social phenomenon. However, this great panic was only caused by some rumors and did not see any formal written records. It was not until the early eighteenth century that any compiled and published documents came out.

The mature European legend of the werewolf is described as follows:

In addition to having wolf heads and hairy bodies, werewolves are also much taller than ordinary people.

Because werewolves are addicted to human flesh and the raw flesh of other animals, and especially like to attack humans, they are more terrifying monsters than vampires.

There are basically two types of werewolves: one is natural, that is, they are born werewolves.

This kind of werewolf is very ferocious and powerful, and has the ability to transform into a human.

They usually use this transformation ability to deceive. After transforming into human form, ordinary people cannot recognize it.

In this way, countless innocent people were sacrificed under the werewolf's mask.

Werewolves are naturally cruel and are very difficult enemies to deal with because they attack very quickly and their keen sense of smell makes them even more dangerous.

The other type is acquired, most of which are due to being cursed and will lose their minds and become a hungry massacre on a moonlit night, and then revert to humans during the day.

This type of werewolf will never be able to return to human form due to the curse it has received. Unless someone lifts the curse, it will be bathed in blood like a natural werewolf for the rest of its life.

A few lucky ones still have a little bit of humanity left, but they are usually unable to stop the massacre.

They are not as strong as natural werewolves, but they are still competent butchers. Acquired werewolves can also kill people with one blow.

As a symbol of evil, the five-pointed star will be printed on the hand of the next victim of the werewolf; and once a person is bitten by a werewolf, he himself will become a werewolf.

There's a simple way to reduce a werewolf's chance of killing someone: keep him well fed while he's in human form.

If you are unfortunate enough to encounter a werewolf, there are still some ways to deal with it: First, it may be difficult to recognize its identity and call out its name on the spot.

The second is to tap it three times or make a cross symbol on its forehead. The question is whether it is willing to let you draw it.

If none of the above methods work, immediately shout and shoot a strong light to scare away the werewolf. At this time: Help~Help~.

If you want to track down the true identity of a werewolf, you can leave scars on it and then look for people with such scars the next day.

Superstition was prevalent in ancient Europe. In addition to wolves, cats, especially black cats, rams, owls, crows and other animals were once designated by the church and the people as the incarnation or slaves of the devil.

Why are there only stories about werewolves and not about cat people or bird people?

Let’s explain this problem: First of all, from a biological point of view, there are no big cats in Europe, which means that people have not been harmed by large beasts such as lions, tigers or even leopards.

The large beasts native to Europe are animals such as bears and wolves. Among them, the only ones that posed a threat to ancient European animal husbandry, people, and even personal safety were wandering wolves.

Unlike bears, which attack humans only when attacked, wolves are murderous and often attack humans and their livestock.

When wolves attack sheep or reindeer herds, they often kill prey that they cannot eat, often causing great losses to the shepherds.

As for the status of animal husbandry in the ancient European agricultural economy, we can make a judgment based on an old German proverb describing the livestock anthrax plague: "It came like a fog and covered the sky, not only destroying the sheep of the landowners and rich people, but He also sneaked into the dilapidated farmhouse and killed the cows that the poor widow relied on for survival."

From this we can see that in Northern and Western Europe, animal husbandry is far more important than agriculture. As a pest that destroys farmers’ source of livelihood, wolves are hated by Europeans.

One of the psychological characteristics of human beings is to demonize their enemies. The grandmother wolf mentioned above who can stand upright and speak is an example of the shadow that wolves leave in people's hearts.

Comparing ancient Chinese myths and legends, we can find that Europeans also applied many of the confusing methods used by Eastern vixens to wolves. They believed that werewolves could lure young children into the jungle and kill them there, etc.

Of course, if big cats successfully settled on the European continent at the end of the Ice Age, the beasts that would not treat Europeans badly were not just the wandering wolves. There might even be animals similar to the Indian "Tiger Man" It is unknown whether the legend has been passed down.

Next is the moon.

The moon has a huge impact on the environment and creatures on the earth. The ancients have long observed that the tidal phenomenon is related to the waxing and waning of the moon. At the same time, the changes in the moon phase also affect many different animals, especially nocturnal animals.

Some animals breed during certain moon phases, and some animals change their hunting habits depending on the moon phase.

In ancient times, both Easterners and Westerners generally believed that the moon represented magic, so those creatures that were active during the full moon were often associated with magic or witchcraft in human imagination.

In particular, wolves have the habit of howling at the moon, which has led Europeans to believe that wolves are mysterious animals. These changes in animal behavior may be one of the origins of the werewolf legend, especially the origin of the rumor that werewolves will transform at the full moon.

Wolf boy again.

Since ancient times, there have been endless incidents of animals adopting abandoned human babies. In ancient Roman legends, there is the famous story of "a she-wolf suckling babies." Today's city emblem of Rome shows a she-wolf guarding and feeding two male babies.

It's a pity that this beautiful legend doesn't work in the dark middle ages. Because wolf children were raised by wolves, they behaved and howled like wolves.

When these poor human outcasts fell into the hands of their own kind again, they were immediately identified as devils and born werewolves. They became the strongest evidence of the existence of werewolves in ancient Europe.

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Chapter 172 Preview of the Legend of Werewolf