vThe wolf or bear (Europe & Northern Asia)

vThe hyena and leopard (Africa)

vBoth the superstition and psychiatric disorder are linked with belief in animal guardian spirits, vampires, witches and were wolves. The folklore, fairy tales, and legends of different nations and people show evidence of the Lycanthropic belief.

vIn parts of ancient Greece, werewolf myths, presumably stemming from prehistoric times, became linked with the Olympian religion, In arcadia, a region plagued by wolves, there was a cult of the Wolf-Zeus. Mount Lycaeus was the scene of a yearly gathering at which the priests were said to prepare a sacrificial feast that included meat mixed with human parts. According to legends, whoever tasted it became a wolf and could not turn back into a man unless abstained from human flesh for nine years.