The werewolf may look like a normal person by day-it may even look like someone you know. At night, however, it transforms into a horrible monster. Taking on wolf-like features, it prowls through the dark, searching for living victims or even robbing graves.
Grave Situation: When werewolves are hungry and can't find enough victims in the streets, legend has it that they head to the local graveyard to dig up fresh bodies and feast on their remains.
Marked Man: Werewolves are said to show signs of their beastly identity even while in human form. This can be anything from a strange birthmark or long fingernails to bushy eyebrows or hairy palms.
Curse of the Werewolf[]
Legend has it that a full moon triggers the change from human to werewolf.
Legends tells of several ways to become a werewolf. Chief causes were: a person being cursed for evil acts; sleeping outside under a full moon; drinking water from a stream used by wolves; or receiving a bite or scratch from a werewolf. There were also ways to break the spell, according to legend. One was to wound the beast; it would turn back into a human. To kill the werewolf, weapons blessed by the church were used. In more modern times, the legend said the only way to kill the creature was with a silver bullet.
True Believers: In medieval Europe, many people believed in werewolves. Some people actually confessed to being the cursed beasts themselves. These people were likely suffering from a mental disorder.
Bad to Worse: Some legends tell of werewolves being killed, only to transform into vampires to continue their bloodthirsty rampages.
Beware the Beast[]
- As the light of a full moon touches the cursed man's body, he is wracked with pain as the dreadful transformation begins to take place.
- His jaw stretches, fingers transform into claws and his teeth grow into fearful fangs. All the while, hair sprouts from every pore on his body, and he is soon transformed into a fearsome beast.
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Trivia[]
- The werewolf is mentioned on the card of a similar Monsters of the Mind, the Weretiger.
- The werewolf is featured on several Monster Mania cards:
- It is first featured in From The Shadows on Monster Mania 43.
- It's trading card is featured in the explanation for Battle of the Monsters Trading Card Game 6 on Monster Mania 54, on Battle of the Monsters Variations 69 on Monster Mania 69, and Battle of the Monsters Variations 75 on Monster Mania 75.