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3/7/2021
Four Things You (Probably) Don't Know about the Werewolves of the Ancient World
by Daniel Ogden
Movie werewolves come mostly from the pulp fiction of the early 1900s. But werewolf stories date back to the literature of the 12th century, which most likely drew from even older stories preserved in folklore since the times of ancient Greece and Rome.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
10/29/19
Rabies’ horrifying symptoms inspired folktales of humans turned into werewolves, vampires and other monsters
by Jessica Wang
The author's new book, “Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers: Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920,” explores the hidden meanings behind the ways people talked about rabies.
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