The Occult Book Club #6: The Book of Were-Wolves by Sabine Baring-Gould
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The word lycanthropy, which in folklore refers to the transformation of human beings into woves, is derived from the name lyc a, mythological king of ancient arcadia. According to the legend, the god zeus came to him disguised as a mortal and to test the divinity of his heavenly visitor, lyceon, placed before him a dish of human flesh. The god, outraged by this sacrilegious act, transformed lycaeon into a wolf. It was common for clans to have animal totems, and a person accepted into the clan of the wolf might be referred to as having been transformed into the animal itself.
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