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Remedies
In antiquity, the Ancient Greeks and Romans believed in
the power of exhaustion in curing people of lycanthropy.
The victim would be subjected to long periods of
physical activity in the hope of being purged of the
malady. This practise stemmed from the fact that many
alleged werewolves would be left feeling weak and
debilitated after committing depredations.
In medieval Europe, traditionally, there are three
methods one can use to cure a victim of werewolfism;
medicinally, surgically or by exorcism. However, many of
the cures advocated by medioeval medical practitioners
proved fatal to the patients. A Sicillian belief of
Arabic origin holds that a werewolf can be cured of its
ailment by striking it on the forehead or scalp with a
knife.
Another belief from the same culture involves the
piercing of the werewolf's hands with nails.
Sometimes, less extreme methods were used. In the German
lowland of Schleswig-Holstein, a werewolf could be cured
if one were to simply address it three times by its
Christian name, while one Danish belief holds that
simply scolding a werewolf will cure it.
Werewolf - Vampiric connections -
Folkloric overlap
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