Lycanfloofpy (floofinition) – a delusion that a housepet has become a wolf; a housepet’s assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft, magic, or quantum mechanics. mais 36 palavras
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lycanthropy
lycanthropy
Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for October 31, 2018 is:
lycanthropy • \lye-KAN-thruh-pee\ • noun
1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf… mais 199 palavras
Werewolf Week, Religious Returns: St. Augustine on Lycanthropy
In discussing tales of Diomedes’ companions being turned into birds, Augustine in De Civitate Dei (City of God) discusses werewolves (18.17, the full text… mais 419 palavras
GeekOut Shrewsbury October ’18 – Lycanthropy
You’ll excuse me if I was glad of a quieter GeekOut this month, it’s been an exhausting few weeks, culminating in being unwillingly decorated for Hallowe’en last Friday. mais 570 palavras
Ritual Sacrifice and Lycanthropy: Pausanias for Werewolf Week
In the second century CE, Pausanias composed ten books on the sights and wonders of ancient Greece. His text provides some of the only accounts of architecture, art and culture that have been lost in intervening centuries. mais 415 palavras
Werewolf Week In Rome: Don't Look a Wolf in the Eyes!
Here is the rather famous account of Werewolves from Pliny the Elder’s Natural History 8.34) (for the full text: see Perseus). The Latin text on Perseus is incorrect, but fortunately… mais 557 palavras