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European cultures
Many European countries and cultures influenced by them
have stories of werewolves, including Albania (oik),
Armenia (mardagayl) France (loup-garou), Greece (lycanthropos),
Spain (hombre lobo), Argentina (lobizón), Mexico (hombre
lobo and nahual), Bulgaria (varkolak), Turkey (kurtadam),
Czech Republic/Slovakia (vlkodlak),
Serbia/Montenegro/Bosnia (vukodlak, вукодлак), Belarus (vaukalak,
ваўкалак), Russia (vourdalak, оборотень), Ukraine (vovkulak(a),
vurdalak(a), vovkun, перевертень), Croatia (vukodlak),
Poland (wilkołak), Romania (vârcolac, priculici),
Macedonia (vrkolak), Slovenia (volkodlak), Scotland
(werewolf, wulver), England (werewolf), Ireland (faoladh
or conriocht), Germany (Werwolf), the Netherlands (weerwolf),
Denmark/Sweden/Norway (Varulv), Norway/Iceland (kveld-ulf,
varúlfur), Galicia (lobisón), Portugal/ (lobisomem),
Lithuania (vilkolakis and vilkatlakis), Latvia (vilkatis
and vilkacis), Andorra/Catalonia (home llop), Hungary (Vérfarkas
and Farkasember), Estonia (libahunt), Finland (ihmissusi
and vironsusi), and Italy (lupo mannaro).
Marsha A. Hunt in
Howling II Your Sister Is a Werewolf
In northern
Europe, there are also tales about people changing into
animals including bears, as well as wolves.
Werewolf - Werewolves in European
tradition
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