Lecture/PowerPoint on the history of the werewolf folk narrative, the appeal of the monster, and the psychological/sociological origins of the creature

1. WEREWOLVES

2. WHAT DO YOU
ALREADY KNOW
ABOUT
WEREWOLVES?

3. 4:29
WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE
IN WEREWOLVES?

4. 3THE POPULARITY OF WEREWOLVES
WEREWOLVES ARE SHAPE-
SHIFTING CREATURES
WITH UNUSUAL SPEED,
STRENGTH, REFLEXES,
AND SENSES
WEREWOLVES ARE POPULAR
CHARACTERS FOUND IN
BOOKS, HOLLYWOOD FILMS,
AND TELEVISION SHOWS

5. 4TRANSFORMING INTO A WEREWOLF
WEREWOLF FOLKLORE DIFFERS ABOUT HOW A PERSON
BECOMES THE MONSTER...
#1
#2
#3
EATING WOLF MEAT MIXED WITH
HUMAN “MEAT”
FULL MOON WAS ONE OF MANY
POSSIBLE CAUSES OF LYCANTHROPY
BEING CURSED
BEING CONCEIVED UNDER A NEW MOON#4
HAVING EATEN CERTAIN HERBS#5
DRINKING WATER TOUCHED BY A WOLF#6

6. 5WEREWOLVES IN WORLD CULTURES
FRANCE PIERRE BURGOT AND MICHEL VERDUN
ALLEGEDLY TURNED INTO WOLVES AND
MURDERED SEVERAL CHILDREN
WORLD CULTURES HAVE WEREWOLF-LIKE CREATURES...
FRANCE
GILES GARNIER IS SAID TO HAVE WOLF-
MORPHING POWERS AND AS A WOLF HE
KILLED CHILDREN AND ATE THEM
GERMANY
PETER STUBBE CLAIMED
TO HAVE KILLED ~12
PEOPLE OVER 25 YEARS
AFTER TRANSFORMING
INTO A WEREWOLF
1589
1573
1521

7. 6
IN THE 21ST CENTURY, HOLLYWOOD, MORE THAN
HISTORY HAS INFLUENCED HOW PEOPLE ENVISION
WEREWOLVES...
WEREWOLF AND HOLLYWOOD

8. 8:31
WHAT WEREWOLF TRAITS ARE SEEN?

9. 9:55
WHAT WEREWOLF THEMES ARE SEEN?

10. 9THE BEAST OF BRAY ROAD
THE BRAY ROAD BEAST
WISCONSIN
WITNESSES DESCRIBED
A BEAR-LIKE CREATURE,
WEIGHING 400-700
POUNDS WITH BROWN-
GRAY FUR
FIRST REPORT OF THE
MONSTER OCCURRED ON
A RURAL ROAD NEAR
ELKHORN, WISCONSIN
1936

11. 10THE “ORIGINS” OF WEREWOLVES
#1
#2
SEVERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS CAN MIMIC
WEREWOLF TRAITS
WEREWOLF IS A
MANIFESTATION OF THE
DUALITY OF HUMANITY
(GOOD VS. EVIL)
FOLKLORISTS PUT FORTH DIFFERENT RATIONALES TO
EXPLAIN WEREWOLVES...
HYPERTRICHOSIS CREATES LONG
HAIR ON THE FACE AND BODY
PORPHYRIA CAUSES EXTREME
SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT

12. WHY DO YOU THINK
WEREWOLVES ARE
NOT AS FEATURED
IN HOLLYWOOD AND
TELEVISION AS
ARE VAMPIRES?

13. NEXT CLASS:
ZOMBIES
HOMEWORK: NONE