Werewolves - Everything You Need to Know...
By Dr. Bob Curran

As Christianity began to assert itself in the West, the idea of the man-wolf took on a slightly different aspect. Now this creature was the agent of the Devil and it was the Enemy of All Mankind who gave him or her their powers. The victim of the werewolf then became the Godly or the innocent - the old woman living alone or the small child. These themes were central to many of the werewolf trials, particularly in France in the 16th century - Giles Garnier, the Hermit of Dole, the Werewolves of Poligny, Jacques Roulet. Some of these alleged occurrences were brought about by the Devil, others were accidental in which the moon (a pagan symbol) played a part.

And so it has continued down to the present - the idea of the man-wolf (a figure from many cultures) appearing in literature and film. Although it has perhaps never enjoyed as much fame as the vampire or Frankenstein, the prowling beast still lurks somewhere in the depths of the human psyche, a potent reminder perhaps that we are not as cultured or civilised as we often profess to be.

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Dr. Bob Curran is the author of the new book Werewolves- Werewolves: A Field Guide to Shapeshifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts, 2009 by New Page Books (ISBN 978-1-60163-089-6).

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