Topic
Werewolves & Shapeshifters
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Selkie
Selkies are seals that shed their skins on land and live as humans. In tales from Scotland, Ireland and the Faroes, a man steals…
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Wendigo
The wendigo is a man-eating winter spirit from the traditions of Algonquian-speaking peoples of North America. It stands for hunger, greed, and what a…
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Beast of Gévaudan
Between 1764 and 1767, an unknown animal killed about a hundred people in the Gévaudan region of southern France. Hunting it down became a…
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Dogman
Dogmen are upright, doglike creatures reported mainly in North America. They resemble werewolves but are not supposed to be humans who have changed shape.
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Werewolf
Werewolves are people who turn into wolves. In the early modern period this became a criminal charge, and the 1589 case of Peter Stubbe…
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Aswang
In the Philippines, aswang is the umbrella term for a whole family of feared beings: vampires, shapeshifters, witches and ghouls who live like ordinary…
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Peter Stubbe: The Man They Turned Into a Monster in 1589. Was he the first Werewolf?
In the autumn of 1589, near Bedburg in the German Rhineland, a wealthy farmer is broken to death as a werewolf. His name: Peter…