Werewolf / Lycanthrope

Origin and tradition

Ancient Greco-Roman texts (e.g. King Lycaon of Arcadia) and medieval European trials where men confessed to possessing wolf belts.

Illustration in this atlas

A monstrous hybrid shape of a man and a gray forest wolf, standing with hyper-extended hind claws, glowing amber eyes, and bone-crushing jaws.

References and further reading

1. britannica.com — werewolf

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.