Episode 37: Cryptid Special: The Werewolf

You know them, you love them, probably were on Team Jacob during the 2010s (let’s be real)… Today’s episode: The Werewolf! Join me as I figure out just where in the world this folklore came from and why in the world it still has a chokehold on us now. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Ashliman, L. D. “Werewolf Legends from Germany” University of Pittsburgh, 27 February 2010. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/werewolf.html Accessed 8 October 2023. Durn, Sarah. “The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession with Werewolves.” Atlas Obscura, 27 October, 2021. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hidden-history-viking-wolf-warrior-werewolf Accessed October 8, 2023. Grandmont, Jean-Pol. “Wolfsbane: fictitious plant contains very real dangers” Evergreen, https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/wolfsbane-fictious-plant-contains-very-real-dangers/#:~:text=Aconite%20shows%20up%20all%20across,Hamlet%E2%80%9D%20(Aggrawal%202009). Accessed Oct 13, 2023. Mythology Unleashed. “Werewolves | The Legend of Lycanthropy.” YouTube, 6 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgGlNjNKRcg Accessed October 8, 2023. Overly Sarcastic Productions. “Halloween Special: Werewolves” YouTube, 29 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mm0KyaovhY Accessed October 8, 2023. Storied. “The Killer Origins of the Werewolf | Monstrum” YouTube, 21 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xPFdX5qEyk Accessed October 8, 2023. WordPress. “The She-Wolf and the Werewolf Wife Tales, wolf worship and wolf shrines in Japan” https://japanesemythology.wordpress.com/study-notes-the-she-wolf-and-werewolf-wife-tales/ May 6, 2019. Accessed October 12, 2023.