Lycans are not Werewolves - Unexplained Mysteries "Lycan" from "Lycanthrope" is Latin (Lycan=Wolf, Anthrope=Man): WolfMan Lycan is a much older term just like sang is also in the latin based root and not the common phrase vampire is to werewolf Latin goes much further back dated, but it is important to look how society made such 'encounters' and 'rules' for it
Lycan Clans. . Are They Real - Unexplained Mysteries Wow, that was very nicely put I thought that that the "were-animal" stories came from ancient shamans of different cultures that "shapeshifted" into animals then during the rise of Christianity, when such things were considered evil and demonic, the stories went from "merging with an animal to gain it's skills" to "people making deals with the devil and turning into animals to reap havoc
The truth about lycans - Unexplained Mysteries The word Lycan comes from Lycaon In Greek mythology, Lycaon was a king of Arcadia, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, who in the most popular version of the myth tested Zeus by serving him a dish of his slaughtered and dismembered son in order to see whether Zeus was truly omniscient
Lycan Clans. . Are They Real - Unexplained Mysteries The origins of werewolves and lycan clans come from a rare genetic disease that causes hair to grow on parts of the human body it doesn't normaly grow on, esecially all over the face this trait, although rare is dommininant and so usually when one of the parents has it all of the children have it and so we get large groupsof execeptuly hairy
The Northwestern Michigan Dogman - Unexplained Mysteries Well, considering I grew up in Northern Michigan (Manistee County to be exact) - I can tell you this much: the legend of the Dogman is VERY big in that part of the state