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This is hands down one of the most detailed studies on this subject on KZfaq. Thank you very much for this 🙏🏼

I've always been facinated by stories of werewolf and vampires.

This video really did a good job encapsulating the whole idea of the wolfman in ways no other single video has done for me before. Great job Lugh!

When we lived in the old house we had a coyote that would sleep on the porch. The rest of the pack would sleep in the edge of the wood line near the creek. I came out on the porch to grab some wood for the fire and he was just sleeping there to get out of the snow. He jumped off the porch when I stepped out. Then a man that had the same color hair as the coyote started hanging around our place. I wasn't the only one that saw him. Other members of our family and friends saw him too. Joe, a family friend, saw a man run across our porch then saw the coyote standing by the tree at the end of the porch. All of that happened within a couple of minutes as he pulled down into our driveway. We had a circle drive off of the highway. Weird, I know.

You do such a good job of contextualising and grounding myth and folklore into practical explanation. Thank you for these videos. They are excellent.

The mythology is always interesting. This is my favorite channel, no weird stuff just facts.

This was extremely interesting. I have Anglo Irish Saxon ancestry and hearing some of the stories of the werewolf from theses places was very interesting. Love it .

I am so delighted to have found this come across my feed. I find this subject really fascinating! Thank you so much for this

Long before the Irish connection, we do of course have the story of Lykaeon, who was turned into a wolf by his own terrible behaviour, killing and eating his son. In some versions he is metamorphosed by Zeus, in others, including Ovid, it just happens that he reconciled his inner wolf with a change of outer form. In Greek lukos meant wolf, cognate with Latin lupus and Germanic wolf. As Lykaon was king of the mountainous area of Arcadia, he probably reflects an ancient cult to ward off wolves. His daughter Callisto was probably a she bear goddess for similar reasons. Her name means ‘most beautiful’, suggesting a taboo about speaking her name. She may be an avatar of Artemis, whose name contains the root arta, she bear.

In the Bible "god" transforms Nebuchadnezzar, Nimrod and Esau into feral man /beasts as an " outcast punishment" you speak of. All three cases were temporary but I've often thought while in this frame of mind , in the wild, that they most likely slept with wolf packs and were the source of werewolves and the legends thereof. Thank you for an interesting pod cast. The legends are not confined to only Europe though. My son at age 7 had a dream we were in the woods starving and I told him to wait but he followed me to a stream where I transformed to a wolf and caught us a big fish to eat. I thought this so interesting because I've been told I reminded some of a wolf and I've always felt an affinity with wolves but never mentioned this to my son.

This juggernaut of Werewolf history was absolutely intoxicating. Well done sir. Well done indeed. 👏

i am so glad Im not the only one who made the link between lugh and werewolves. actually been writing a story about him and his descendants becoming werewolves

The gray wolf is a beautiful creature.

Fascinating. Nice work sir. 👍🍀

I was just wondering when your next video would come out.

I really enjoyed your presentation. Such research is valuable and the information, thought lost, you found is precious.

😂, Vid zoomed in, 0:31 in case we couldn't pick out the human among the flock of sheep. 😂😂 That was a good giggle to start my morning. Thank you. 🎉

That howl at the start broke my heart. Reminded me of my husky

I have been looking for info of "wolf men" for over a decade after I stumbled on it and it sparked an idea for a novel, and now you've helped me find it again! Thank you so much. Is there a place I could look to find stories about wolf men or are they scattered all over?

I love youtube because of channels like this one!

Even a man who is pure in heart & says his prayers by night, maybe become a wolf, when the wolfsbane blooms & the autumn moon is bright

In old slavic myth story in a book my dad bought me when I was 14 it was said (oral story written down) that one rude guy entered a forest and disrespected local god by going around and being a jerk so the said god send wolves to kill him and he then came back alive as a werewolf because dying was not enought of a punishment. Mind you, it was not a story of "The first" werewolf, just sorta explanation where do werewolves come from. Angry gods curses. Also, other time a wizard, god in mortal disquse, or very angry guy (unclear) wrote/made symbol above a treshold of house he was kicked out of that meants "whoever crosses the said treshold will be turned into a wolf". And they did until the treshold burned.

🍍 This is so good, thanks! 🎵 I listen to it 24/7, even when I'm sleeping 💤 or awake 🌞 or wherever I am 😄!

Is the answer to literal transformation in the Balkans, Eastern Europe? What about Marco Polo’s description of wolf and dog headed men on his voyages? Or the descriptions of said beings in India’s mountains somewhere? Very intriguing to say the least. Great video! Cheers!

I'm currently writing a short story about Setanta (the 'proper' name of Cuchulain) to tie him in with my Tudor novel series. Although it's not going to feature many of his legendary feats, these being dismissed as pure myths or conflated events involving other heroic figures, it's still useful to discover little nuggets of information about his brief, but bloody, existence. Thanks for these videos, they can be rather inspiring.

It looks like being connected with origin of Turcs and particularly with origin of Bashkirs (chief wolfs) of eurasian steppe.

Love the channel and content. Something magical about the thought of Werewolf Kings.

im glad you went the direction that you did in this video... youre widening the horizon of an area i wanted to explore more ;)

Best video on this subject!🐺

Wonderful topic. Thank you ❤

Cool topic!!

"Disguised in human shape, I travelled round The world, and more than what I heard, I found. O'er Maenalus I took my steepy way, By caverns infamous for beasts of prey; Then crossed Cyllene, and the piny shade More infamous by cursed Lycaon made. Dark night had covered heaven and earth, before I entered his unhospitable door. Just at my entrance, I displayed the sign That somewhat was approaching of divine. The prostrate people pray; the tyrant grins; And, adding profanation to his sins, 'I'll try,' said he, 'and if a god appear, To prove his deity shall cost him dear." 'Twas late; the graceless wretch my death prepares, When I should soundly sleep, oppressed with cares. This dire experiment he chose, to prove If I were mortal, or undoubted Jove: But first he had resolved to taste my power. Not long before, but in a luckless hour Some legates, sent from the Molossian state, Were on a peaceful errand come to treat. Of these he murders one, he boils the flesh; And lays the mangled morsels in a dish; Some part he roasts, then serves it up, so dressed, And bids me welcome to this human feast. Moved with disdain, the table I o'erturned; And with avenging flames the palace burned. The tyrant in a fright for shelter gains The neighbouring fields, and scours along the plains. Howling he fled, and fain he would have spoke; But human voice his brutal tongue forsook. About his lips the gathered foam he churns, And, breathing slaughters, still with rage he burns, But on the bleating flock his fury turns. His mantle, now his hide, with rugged hairs Cleaves to his back; a famished face he bears; His arms descend, his shoulders sink away To multiply his legs for chase of prey. He grows a wolf, his hoariness remains, And the same rage in other members reigns. His eyes still sparkle in a narrower space: His jaws retain the grin and violence of his face." [Ovid]

Another question. I have being seeing a lot about "Dogmen" in North America. What is your take on that?

"What, then, is the starting-point of the transformation of a protector into a tyrant? Is it not obviously when the protector's acts begin to reproduce the legend that is told of the shrine of Lycaean Zeus in Arcadia?” “What is that?” he said. “The story goes that he who tastes of the one bit of human entrails minced up with those of other victims is inevitably transformed into a wolf. Have you not heard the tale?” “I have.” “And is it not true that in like manner a leader of the people who, getting control of a docile mob,does not withhold his hand from the shedding of tribal blood, but by the customary unjust accusations brings a citizen into court and assassinates him, blotting out a human life, & with unhallowed tongue & lips that have tasted kindred blood, banishes & slays & hints at the abolition of debts & the partition of lands-is it not the inevitable consequence & a decree of fate that such a one be either slain by his enemies or become a tyrant & be transformed from a man into a wolf?” “It is quite inevitable,” he said. “He it is,” I said, “who becomes the leader of faction against the possessors of property.” “Yes, he.” “May it not happen that he is driven into exile &, being restored in defiance of his enemies, returns a finished tyrant?” “Obviously.” “And if they are unable to expel him or bring about his death by calumniating him to the people, they plot to assassinate him by stealth.” “That is certainly wont to happen,” said he. “And thereupon those who have reached this stage devise that famous petition of the tyrant-to ask from the people a bodyguard to make their city safe for the friend of democracy.” [The Republic, Plato, Book 8]

The "Were" prefix, meaning "Man" was also used in the Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Norse term "weregild" meaning "man money". This was the price that would be paid to the next of kin (or lord) of a killed man by the killer to compensate for the loss of the man. This would lend weight to the were=man interpretation of the word werewolf.

Great video.

Very informative video about werewolf legends . This video gives me detailed account of werewolf 😇

Bezerker is also a term that means bear shirt as ‘actual” bezerkers would wear bear and wolf skin. There was also the thought they they could shape shift into the animal.

Great job on this video. You may think I'm crazy but I personally saw a Dogman/Wearwolf, in real life and it was up close. I live in northern Michigan and there have been sightings of Dogmen around here for hundreds of years. The Natives up here call these Dogmen the protector of the forest. Come to northern Michigan and go camping for awhile in the Manistee national forest, you may see a Dogman of your own..

I still agree with Snorri Sturluson that "beserker" probably meant "bare-shirt" as in one who goes into battle with no armor, as the word "berserker" seems to have included ulfhednar, but I realize I'm in the minority. Academia has decided "bear-shirt" is the true etymology, despite few if any depictions of bear-pelted warriors compared to wolf-pelted, and wolves being much more present in Norse myth.

Hesse's "Steppenwulf" comes to mind as I watch...

The legends of were beasts comes from The Berserkers. These were warriors who clothed themselves with hides of wolves or bears. When they went to war they would whip themselves into a psychotic frenzy before entering into battle. Mythical werewolves were different in Ireland than in continental Europe. They were protectors of travelers, women and children. They also could be called upon to go to war by the ruling chieftains. The fact that Irish werewolves never lost their humanity when they changed is the biggest difference from other werewolves. Also try and find the movie LADYHAWKE. Stars Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo Kern and Matthew Broderick. Hauer's character would turn into a wolf at night while Pfeiffer's character would turn into a hawk come daylight.

I'm afraid Lugh is hearing my prayers

Very informative thanks.👍♥️🙏

Great video❤

Awesome video

This is my theory: Being a 'werewolf' was probably a rite-de-passage in pre-Christian Europe for young men from nobility and/of warrior class. (It's documented in Ireland the early middle ages and were called Fianna.) They had to live outside the villages in the wild lands or woods and act as a hunter and learn how to fight. (Comparable with the young warriors who went on Viking raids or the 'find out how the world works' Rumspringa period of the Amish.) It's possible that at this age beardhair started to grow and that the boys came back as hairy (unshaved, unwashed) men who looked like beasts. Also notice that the name 'werewolf' could come from 'wolf wearing', like dressed up as a wolf. Or that 'wolf' could also mean 'hunter' (as in Beowulf -> bee-hunter -> bear?) The boys get a bond with eachother and become sexual active at this age too. (There seem to be a connection between werewolves and queerness / male-to-male sexuality in the ancient European stories about them. This is different from the werewolves in Hollywood movies.) They were allowed to come back to the society around winter time when the weather conditions in the woods are too harsh. They got shelter, were protected and fed by the nobility in winter time. They served sometimes as a private army for the landlord, so they must have had warrior skills. Maybe they were plunderers and they weren't allowed to have contact with their family or friends during this time. But... they could get into the villages once a year on a special day (around winter stolstice), but at night, in disguise and unrecognizable. This was a special moment in the year where families came together, and also the in the wild living boys were not forgotten, although they couldn't join the meal or go to the feast as theirselves, they were though present in a special way. Maybe they gave presents to their families from plunderings abroad. Faces were made black with coal (maybe from the burned houses at the plundering raids) and they wore animal skins around their bodies, they made loud noises so that everyone was scared and stayed inside their homes. (Making loud noises is called 'joelen' in Dutch, see the link with the word Yul, pre-christian name for christmas.) The boys roamed through the villages and got some 'offerings' in the form of food and drinks from their family which was put there in front of their parental homes. (See here the tradition of giving food to the figure that Santa Claus was based on: the Dutch Sinterklaas (Saint-Nicholas) and his helper Black Pete or Krampus or the local varieties of this feast like Sunneklaas on the islands in the north of The Netherlands) Maybe there is also a connection with Halloween and the Wild Hunt of Wodan. Later the guys became older and returned to their families. They were calmed down, wiser, maybe richer from plunderings. Soms guys could have had rabiës from animals in the woods and showed some strange behavior. Some guys stayed in the woods (see the stories of the Wildman / Wildeman in Dutch). Others became a part of society, but sometimes they went back to the woods to 'werewolf' with their friends. And maybe that has a male-to-male sexual component too. Later Christianity came up and had problems with this rite-de-passage. They made comparisons between the devil and a werewolf. The church tried to stop this behavior and incorporate it. And maybe that's why we see a character as (Black) Pete (Zwarte Piet in Dutch) or the Krampus accompanied with the Saint-Nicholas figure. It wouldn't surprise me if werewolves are related to the Vikingraids or something like that.

Awesome video.

This is the video I didn’t know I needed

it just went through my mind, maybe someone saw a dude wearing a skinned wolf head (idk how is called in english) and went to combine the two, and bam you got a werewolf. That would be hillarious.

Thank you for this

Thank you for this excellent indepth video.Also the founder of Rome was Orsini which translates to little bear because he allegedly looked like a bear.

I’ve seen a Lakeway and werewolf in real life and for people to say they don’t exist. If you ever see one of your life you would definitely change your mind as I did in 2011.

Awesome channel and thank you for sharing this with us, i love werewolves ❤️❤️❤️🌹❤️❤️❤️

Good job! Thanks!

The story of King Lycaon is an example of this.

Whaaaat?! Can't wait to bite into your latest 😎🌹

Loved this. Werewolves have always fascinated me and so too have Berserkers and it's lovely that you've delved into the connection. Great research as always and thank you. :)

love his explanation.

Should read the book “Alaskas wolf man” Great non-fiction book.

They found Graves where people had Dire wolf's buried with them.

Praised be the Wolf God.

When i was high i wrote short story about boy named Randal who met soul of fire wolf burned on stake for being a witch's familiar, boy took the wolfs soul into his body and every time he turned into wolf beast he burned green like sulfur, but the wolf in exchange for strength eat boy's body parts, so when boy became a man he had no legs, one arm, one eye and no jaw, was a cripple pulled by fire wolf in magic sleigh.

Thank you brother! Kevin, as always, your study and presentation are unrivalled with intrigue.

Screen writer Curt Siodmock (Wolfman) admitted to making up his Wolfman mythology

Lupis pilum mutat, non mentem/The wolf may change his skin, but not his nature. [Black Cat, 1934]

this is is a instresing one werewolf are instresing creaturesand can't wait for more keep up the good work

Thanks very much! 👍👍

I wish the wolf was still wild in the UK they are so beautiful we should have them back running WILD

Thanks for a really good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Every part of my heritage as wolves in them from mostly Irish, Cherokee and even both Germanic tribes if I go back far enough. It's like there already a part of my DNA 🐺

Homo Necans, Walter Burkert, 1972, English trans' 1983. "Werewolves Around The Tripod Kettle". Among others, writes of the Delphic Tripod, Pelops at Olympia, Odysseus. This book at his Greek Religion are two of the most important books on "Greek Religion" you can study.

Would be nice to know your source material for this

nice, but too often the subtitles confuse Lycaon for 'the cow' is that done with AI, perhaps?

Also in the bible "god" wrestled with Jacob but causes his hip bone to slip so as to avoid the daybreak sunlight. This same "god" jokes Abraham into almost sacrificing his son to him. Very well fostering the Legend of vampires. Nimrod recorded alive over a period of 2,500 years in historical accounts.

13:40 This makes me wonder if there is any connection and double/ extra meanings to Odin being the Lord of the Hanged and the Hanged God. Names for deities tend to have multiple meanings.

This one makes me think: is it possible that shouting "woo-hoo" is derived from an ancient battle cry mimicking the howling of wolves? I can picture the ritual before a battle, men gathering around and howling together, becoming a pack of wild animals.

I don't about werewolf but I see a Weirdwolf looking back at me everyday..hehe 🐺🥰

Language is a strange thing. Most sources I've seen say Lugh derives from the same root as lux, or light, as well as leuc- or white. Lupus/Lykos/Vulkos seems to derive from Proto-Indo-European "Wlkwos" meaning something like "dangerous." I find it fascinating that Lugh and Apollo get associated with wolves, since they are usually thought of as solar deities and wolves are mainly depicted as nocturnal/lunar. Then again, Hati and Skoll, so there's precedent for it. Also, those who have more knowledge in Japanese myth, what's the connection between Ameterasu and Okami? Its gotta be more than just a video game that connects the sun goddess with wolves, right?

A little Celtic humor Kevin from Young Frankenstein: Ca mac tíre? Mac tíre ann..

thanks

Thanks cheers

Do you have other information on vampires?

Neat now explain the Geilt and why they are birds.

In today's world with cameras everywhere they've captured images of beings not of flesh and blood, but spirit beings, all types, shadow people, apparitions, skin walkers, solid human form ghosts, as solid as you and I, there's no question in my mind that there are other dimensions, realms, plains, call them what you want, this stuff is real.

the reconstructed myth of Lycaios reminds me of Bödvar Bjarki and his parents, Bjorn and Bera (both meaning bear) who were in love, while Bjorn's step mother Hvit wanted him to herself, and when he rejected her, she turned him into a bear in the day and a man at night, and in this form had three children with Bera, Elgfróði (who might be like a norse centaur), Thorir (who had hound's feet), and Bodvar who was normal. Bjorn's father, king Hring ends up killing him while he was a bear, and Hvit forced Bear to eat two bites of her lover while pregnant with his triplets, the two bites causing the abnormalities in the first two of the three.

The wolf is my spirit animal. I have an Odin necklace with Geri and Freki. The Ulfhednar are the clan I admire most in Norse history. The connection between Lugh and lycanthropy is definitely interesting This one of my favourite channels on here! I always learn something new. The Northman w/ Alexander Skarsgård shows what an Ulfhednar rite may have been. Great movie.

Are you going to do wherepigs too?

The root of werewolf is ancient germanic (wer)man & (wulf)wolf. It literally means man-wolf

I read that now the experts are saying dogs or some of them did not come from wolves but from a dog ancestor,,,, that wolves and dogs have different archaic ancestors.

The origin, is in a very, very, good connection to Earth. It’s the Land itself. It’s about having ears, not a mouth.

I am so happy i found this channel. I used to watch Kings & Generals and Real Life Lore but i found out they are full of lies and propaganda. This channel here actually cares about scholarship and truth.

The extent of genetic/ethnic diversity in Viking era Scandinavia is basically Baltics and Britons (including both Anglos and Celts). Other North Europeans. Maybe there were some South Europeans among them but I haven't seen that evidence. I highly discount the possibility of non-Europeans, *especially* in a position like a Jarl. Until recently Scandinavia was more homogenous than in the Viking Era, because more people from the hinterland and farms moved to the cities during urbanisation.

There you have it.

There wolf!

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I used to be a werewolf but I’m alright noWWWWW!

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