Who was the first ever 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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Who was the first original werewolf?

One of the earliest known werewolf legends comes from Greek mythology. According to the legend, a man named Lycaon angered Zeus, the Lord of the Gods, when he served Zeus a meal made from human flesh. As punishment, the enraged Zeus turned Lycaon into a wolf.
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Where did the first werewolf come from?

The earliest surviving example of man-to-wolf transformation is found in The Epic of Gilgamesh from around 2,100 BC. However, the werewolf as we now know it first appeared in ancient Greece and Rome, in ethnographic, poetic and philosophical texts.
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Who is the God of werewolves?

Lycaon | Greek mythology | Britannica.
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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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Lycaon The First Ever Werewolf



Who is the most famous werewolf?

Peter Stubbe, a wealthy, fifteenth-century farmer in Bedburg, Germany, may be the most notorious werewolf of them all. According to folklore, he turned into a wolf-like creature at night and devoured many citizens of Bedburg.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who is stronger lycan or werewolf?

Werewolves and lycans have almost the same physical strength. Unlike the werewolf, lycans are said to be smarter. When compared to a werewolf, a lycan is a bit more muscular. While a lycan is said to be religious, a werewolf represents witchcraft.
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Is Lycaon still alive?

They mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table, which explains the name of the city Trapezus (from τραπέζι "table"), and killed Lycaon and his sons with lightning.
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Can a human turn into a werewolf?

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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Where can werewolves be found?

The "eastern" werewolf-vampire is found in the folklore of Central and Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Romania and the Balkans, while the "western" werewolf-sorcerer is found in France, German-speaking Europe and in the Baltic.
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Who created the werewolf curse?

500 A.D. In Voodoo in My Blood, the origins of the Werewolf Curse and Werewolves were revealed. A powerful witch, that was known as "the Hollow", cursed the members of her tribe that were responsible for her murder and created the Seven Werewolf Bloodlines.
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How strong is a werewolf?

Superhuman Strength: The original werewolves possesses superhuman strength, enabling them to lift (or press) about 2 tons in human form. While in their intermediate form, they are able to lift about 4 tons. Their more wolf-like form is somewhat more powerful and they are capable of lifting 7 ton.
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Are werewolves immortal?

Powers & Abilities

Werewolves display a number of greatly enhanced physical attributes. As with their rivals, the Vampires, Werewolves are immortal. The original Werewolf survived over 800 years of captivity with no food or water in what appeared to be a type of hibernation.
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Why are there no female lycans?

Viktor forced Lucian and his progeny to feed on humans in order to create more lycans. As such, the gender distribution of the lycans was entirely up to Viktor. Given that their duties mainly required physical strength, Viktor may have preferred to turn only males.
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What is a female werewolf called?

In mythology and literature, a werewoman or were-woman is a woman who has taken the form of an animal through a process of lycanthropy.
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What's another name for a werewolf?

In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for werewolf, like: lycanthrope, loup-garou, Wolf man, beast, changeling, , wolfman, monster, werejaguar, werehyena and jaguar-man.
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Who is the god of poop?

Sterculius is the god in question. He's Roman, not Greek. And “feces” is kind of stretching a point. He was the god, actually, of manure.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name. Sometimes it is referred to as a dæmon, more of a spirit and minor deity.
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Who is the prettiest god?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and there are many tales of how she could encourage both Gods and humans to fall in love with her.
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Are wolves real?

The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly understood, comprise wild subspecies. The wolf is the largest extant member of the family Canidae.
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What is a werewolf weakness?

Weaknesses. Silver - A werewolf's main weakness is their vulnerability to silver or any object containing silver, as they can be killed or harmed with a variety of silver objects like silver stakes, knives, bullets, axes, letter openers, handcuffs, spoons, forks, etc, even the mere contact with silver will hurt them.
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