Lycanthropy- Lycanthropy (the scientific name for turning from human to beast.) is mainly a mental disorder; it is classified as something that is ‘paranormal’ and many explanations have been exposed.
Clinical Lycanthropy- Clinical Lycanthropy (where one believes that he or she is a lycanthrope) is a mental disorder, and thus has real psychological causes, as contrasted to legendary lycanthropy.
Clinical lycanthropy is a disorder of when you submit to a dark depression that turns into something violent, eventually making you insane.
Clinical Lycanthropy or the Lycanthropic disorder is when you believe that you have an animal spirit, and a the full moon you will turn into the animal. The animal is almost always a wolf.
When people believed that they have morphed (their body does not change shape), they somehow become stronger and they have the ability to do the damage that a normal werewolf could do.
How to tell if someone has the Lycanthropic Disorder:
•The belief that they are wolves or wild dogs.
•The belief that they have been physically transformed into animals with fur and claws.
•Animal-like behavior, including growling, howling, clawing, pawing, crawling on all fours.
•The desire to assault or kill others.
•Use of a hallucinogenic substance to achieve the metamorphosis of human into a wolf.
•A desire for isolation from human society (stalking the woods, haunting cemeteries).
•The belief that "the devil" has possessed them and provided the power that causes the transformation from human to wolf.
Clinical Lycanthropy or the Lycanthropic disorder is when you believe that you have an animal spirit, and a the full moon you will turn into the animal. The animal is almost always a wolf.
When people believed that they have morphed (their body does not change shape), they somehow become stronger and they have the ability to do the damage that a normal werewolf could do.
How to tell if someone has the Lycanthropic Disorder:
•The belief that they are wolves or wild dogs.
•The belief that they have been physically transformed into animals with fur and claws.
•Animal-like behavior, including growling, howling, clawing, pawing, crawling on all fours.
•The desire to assault or kill others.
•Use of a hallucinogenic substance to achieve the metamorphosis of human into a wolf.
•A desire for isolation from human society (stalking the woods, haunting cemeteries).
•The belief that "the devil" has possessed them and provided the power that causes the transformation from human to wolf.
Witchcraft
Some people believed that lycanthropy was produced by witchcraft.
They believed that it was a witch who had morphed themselves, or they believed that it was the Devil himself.
Here are some werewolf trials for you to read; to understand more about the trials:
Trial #1:
Subject: Jean Grenier
Location: France
This fourteen-year-old boy's trial was unusual in a number of different ways. One, he came to the authorities voluntarily confessing everything, he was not tortured into a confession like so many were in this era. Two, he was much younger than most accused werewolves or witches. Three, of all the famous werewolf trials, his case is the only one that looks like there might have been a real werewolf involved (i.e. there was evidence that an animal really was killing people in the area, rather than just evidence of cannibalism). And four, he was let off the hook. A small, reddish animal resembling a feral dog was seen in the act of killing or trying to kill many different people.
Trial #2:
Subject: Gilles Garnier
Location: France
This seems to be the case of a very poor and starving peasant who fell into a life of cannibalism to ease his hunger. As usual, he was tortured to make him confess to the werewolf part, but he was particularly confused about this bit and often forgot his own confessions, so that he switched things around and forgot dates. There is very little to link him to any sort of werewolf- all the victims looked as if they had been killed by a person, not a wolf.
Trial #3:
Subject: Theiss
Location: What is now part of Russia
This is not one of the classic famous trials. Instead it is the only werewolf trial which has risen from obscurity to fame so long after it occured. It is famous because of how different it is from the usual werewolf trial. Theiss refused to confess to the usual werewolf crap. Instead, he told an interesting story about himself and his fellow werewolves. According to Theiss, werewolves were the protectors of the human community, fighting against demons and evil witches for the good of all people. In the end, his jailors believed him and he was let off the hook.
They believed that it was a witch who had morphed themselves, or they believed that it was the Devil himself.
Here are some werewolf trials for you to read; to understand more about the trials:
Trial #1:
Subject: Jean Grenier
Location: France
This fourteen-year-old boy's trial was unusual in a number of different ways. One, he came to the authorities voluntarily confessing everything, he was not tortured into a confession like so many were in this era. Two, he was much younger than most accused werewolves or witches. Three, of all the famous werewolf trials, his case is the only one that looks like there might have been a real werewolf involved (i.e. there was evidence that an animal really was killing people in the area, rather than just evidence of cannibalism). And four, he was let off the hook. A small, reddish animal resembling a feral dog was seen in the act of killing or trying to kill many different people.
Trial #2:
Subject: Gilles Garnier
Location: France
This seems to be the case of a very poor and starving peasant who fell into a life of cannibalism to ease his hunger. As usual, he was tortured to make him confess to the werewolf part, but he was particularly confused about this bit and often forgot his own confessions, so that he switched things around and forgot dates. There is very little to link him to any sort of werewolf- all the victims looked as if they had been killed by a person, not a wolf.
Trial #3:
Subject: Theiss
Location: What is now part of Russia
This is not one of the classic famous trials. Instead it is the only werewolf trial which has risen from obscurity to fame so long after it occured. It is famous because of how different it is from the usual werewolf trial. Theiss refused to confess to the usual werewolf crap. Instead, he told an interesting story about himself and his fellow werewolves. According to Theiss, werewolves were the protectors of the human community, fighting against demons and evil witches for the good of all people. In the end, his jailors believed him and he was let off the hook.