How is lycanthropy spread?

Lycanthropy cannot be passed onto offspring through birth. No one is born a werewolf, one must be bitten/attacked in order to become one. You cannot contract the disease from blood transfusions. Despite studies and experimentation over centuries there is no known cure for lycanthropy.
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What causes lycanthropy?

One such theory is that clinical lycanthropy is caused by a physical imbalance in the brain. Particular areas of the brain, specifically in the cerebral cortex, are responsible for a person's perception of their own body2.
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Are werewolves contagious?

First of all: a werewolf turns a human into a werewolf by biting them, only at full moon. A werewolf is therefore contagious once a month. Werewolves are not immortal, but live for far longer than humans and are less likely to catch diseases or injure themselves.
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Can lycanthropy be inherited?

For starters, there's very little direct indication of inherited lycanthropy in folklore. There is, however, a little bit! Firstly, Montague Summers in his book Werewolf (sometimes republished under different titles) pretty plainly states that lycanthropy can be inherited.
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How painful is a werewolf transformation?

A werewolf first transformation is always extremely painful and slow; lasting over five hours and it is almost like torture. After the first change, the transformations become faster overtime but are always intensily painful.
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How do you activate the werewolf gene?

Triggering The Werewolf Gene

A werewolf has to kill a human in order to trigger their werewolf gene in order to activate their powers. It also does not matter if the curse was activated accidentally, or it was intentional. After the gene is triggered their eyes will turn yellow and their powers will activate instantly.
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Is it possible for a human to transform into a wolf?

It is said that humans can be turned into werewolves by having been bitten by another werewolf. Getting scratched is a questionable way of becoming a werewolf, but most don't believe in it. However, both of these only work if the werewolf in question is in wolf form.
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Is lycanthropy a disease?

Clinical Lycanthropy is a rare syndrome, described since Antiquity, within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf. Little is known on its clinical or therapeutic correlates.
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What are werewolf eyes?

Werewolves, like Löwenmenschen and Werecoyotes, have glowing irises that vary in color based on their rank and status; Betas and Omegas will have gold eyes if they have never taken an innocent human life and will have blue eyes if they have taken innocent human life.
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How do you know if you have lycanthropy?

Signs and symptoms

A study on lycanthropy from the McLean Hospital reported on a series of cases and proposed some diagnostic criteria by which lycanthropy could be recognised: A patient reports in a moment of lucidity or reminiscence that they sometimes feel as an animal or have felt like one.
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What is the process of turning into a werewolf called?

The term lycanthropy, referring both to the ability to transform oneself into a wolf and to the act of so doing, comes from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος lukánthropos (from λύκος lúkos "wolf" and ἄνθρωπος, ánthrōpos "human").
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Where do most werewolves live?

Well, werewolves can be found in the mountains and deserts in hot and cold states, such as Utah, Colorado, Montana, Nowami, Wyoming, Alaska, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada.
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Is a true alpha stronger than an Alpha?

Scott's Alpha status did not come as a result of death, as is usually the case, but was pushed to the surface through a series of events that allowed him to reveal who he truly was. Even better is the fact that being a True Alpha makes him stronger than a regular Alpha.
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What is a werewolf omega?

The Omega Werewolf is a rare kind of Werewolf. An Omega is a Beta that is Kicked out of the pack or leaves it of their own accord. The Omegas were well respected by Lycaon, An Elder Werewolf, As they Proved themselves Better at Surviving for Long periods of time than Normal Betas.
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What is a beta werewolf?

Beta Werewolves are members of a werewolf pack, following the leadership of an Alpha werewolf. Betas are bound to the pack they belong to, either by blood in the case of Purebred Werewolves or because the Alpha of the pack bit them and turned them into a werewolf to begin with.
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Does remove curse remove lycanthropy?

A remove curse spell can rid an afflicted lycanthrope of the curse, but a natural born lycanthrope can be freed of the curse only with a wish.
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How do you cure werewolf?

The Dragonborn may cure themselves at any time by taking a Glenmoril Witch Head back to Ysgramor's Tomb, activating the Flame of the Harbinger and defeating their beast spirit. Once Lycanthropy is cured in this way, the Dragonborn cannot contract Lycanthropy again, nor do they have access to The Underforge.
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What is it called when a human thinks they are an animal?

Lycanthropy is an unusual belief or delusion in which the patient thinks that he/she has been transformed into an animal. In rare cases, the patient believes that another person has been transformed into an animal.
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Where can I find a werewolf to bite me?

Becoming a Werewolf

The easiest way is to be bitten by another player is at one of the game's Werewolf Shrines. These are located in Reaper's March, The Rift and Bangkorai, see the maps below for their exact locations.
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What is a half human half wolf called?

Werewolf – A creature that becomes a wolf/human-like beast during the nights of the full moon, but is human otherwise.
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How can I be like a werewolf?

To pretend to be a werewolf, avoid hanging out with anyone or answering calls during a full moon so people wonder where you are. You could even put some dirt and leaves on your clothes after a full moon so it looks like you've been out in the woods.
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What happens if a werewolf dies with vampire blood in their system?

A triggered werewolf is given vampire blood and is killed, it wakes up after dying, bleeds from the eyes, goes rabid, and dies all over again. They need the blood of the doppelgänger to transition to hybrid.
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How did hope trigger her curse?

Klaus manages to save him only to learn about the priest who was also up there. With the priest's death, Hope's werewolf curse is triggered, because just being a witch possessed by an ancient evil wasn't enough for one teenager on The Originals.
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Who was the first werewolf?

Once upon a time, there lived a king named Lycaon. He ruled over the land of Arcadia and had thousands of men and women under his command.
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What is Ultima wolf?

Ultima IX. Wolves are large predatory canines that may be found in the wilds of a variety of worlds. They appear in Ultima VI, Ultima VII, Ultima VII Part Two and Ultima IX.
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