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Lycanthropy

Lycanthropy \Ly*can"thro*py\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. lycanthropie.]

  1. The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.
    --Lowell.

  2. (Med.) A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lycanthropy

1580s, a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf, from Greek lykanthropia, from lykanthropos "wolf-man," from lykos "wolf" (see wolf (n.)) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo-). Originally a form of madness (described by ancient writers) in which the afflicted thought he was a wolf; applied to actual transformations of persons (especially witches) into wolves since 1830 (see werewolf).

Wiktionary
lycanthropy

n. 1 (context mythology English) The act of shapeshifting between the form of a human being and an animal (usually a wolf), often done during a full moon, according to legend. 2 A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal

WordNet
lycanthropy

n. (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf

Wikipedia
Lycanthropy (disambiguation)

Lycanthropy is the mythological ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a werewolf.

Lycanthropy may also refer to:

  • Clinical lycanthropy, the delusional belief that a person can transform into a wolf or other animal
  • Lycanthropy (album), a 2003 album by Patrick Wolf
  • "Lycanthropy," a song by Six Feet Under from Haunted
  • "Lycanthropy", a song by Fear Before from The Always Open Mouth
Lycanthropy (album)

Lycanthropy is the first studio album by English-Irish singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf and was recorded over the eight years between 1994 and 2002. It was critically acclaimed at the time of its release, as was his next effort, Wind in the Wires.

Usage examples of "lycanthropy".

After going through a historical discussion of lycanthropy and the geographical distribution of the supposed myth, he described his research into the possible truth of the phenomena.

Although he had not been the one who had made her a loup-garou, still she had learned about true lycanthropy from Apollonius.

But as close as he was to Sylvie, their conversations about the loup-garou and lycanthropy in general were never resumed.

Apollonius knew, resided not in his lycanthropy or his immortality, but in his empathy.

She was not referring to her lycanthropy, which had little to do with her anguish, and he knew it.

Justice, when he was human, was his highest ideal, and now, in his lycanthropy, he has developed an entire philosophy for the behavior of werewolves.

And as for lycanthropy, I use it for the highest purpose, to kill for justice.

Kingman a lecture on lycanthropy, but all I really knew about it was the meaning of the word.

There were only a few books in it on insanity and abnormal psychology and only one of them listed lycanthropy in the index.

The specific mention of lycanthropy turned out to be only a few paragraphs and one brief case history.

Miss Willis was starting to take down books and look through them and asked him if it was lycanthropy he was interested in and he said it was.

There was a chapter on werewolves and it told what lycanthropy was and how a few cases of it could have started the belief in werewolves.

We never had any lycanthropy in this county till the night of the day you got here.

The president went on to say that Lycanthropy and Kuanthropy were mere hallucinations, and that the change of shape existed only in the disorganized brain of the insane, consequently it was not a crime which could be punished.

Roulet and Grenier the courts referred the whole matter of Lycanthropy, or animal transformation, to its true and legitimate cause, an aberration of the brain.