Werewolves | The History and Origins Behind These Legendary Folklore Creatures
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Since the very beginning of literature, stories and folklore have been passed down through generations about a monstrous creature. We've seen them depicted in iconic books, movies, and television shows and have made them a staple in our culture. With their incredible size and their incurable bloodlust, they've been the object of nightmares for millennia. Today, we're diving into the history and origins of werewolves. This is Red Web.
Welcome back, Task Force, to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the unknown. I am your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, and joining me, hearing this case for maybe not the first time since werewolves stem back to the beginning of man, essentially, Alfredo Diaz.
Oh! It's a full moon somewhere! Dude, we talking werewolves!
You hear the little... You know what I mean? Like, Oh, dude. I mean, like all the moms of task force just perked up. Like it spans from movies that are absolutely atrocious to movies that are just horror classics. Um, American werewolf in London just like the body horror and the prosthetics and all that and then you just have the just like popcorn flick I'm gonna watch over and over again underworld dude I love the underworld dude I I don't know what happened in my life that underworld grasped me by the everything and pulled me in. It's true. I love that series so much. You know, I mean, Kate Beckinsale also helps the cause. You know what I mean? Like, let's put that out there. I remember when that's when that series came out, I was like,
I was like, what do you mean? We're going to have like clothing aesthetics like the Matrix and it's werewolves in a war versus vampires. Yes, sir. Or lichens to be very specific. Yeah. Yeah. We're talking lichens. And I'm like... this is disgustingly cool it's so good and then it was a fun movie and then it just it stayed fun which i like and you know maybe we do underworld for one of our movies you say that i can't believe we haven't i cannot believe we haven't it's like oh well i'll tell you what i know i tell christian underworld you'd be like oh yeah Dude, I haven't seen that since the old DVD days, but let me tell you, I put a few rings of wear and tear on those discs. Oh, for sure. It's just got awesome scenes, man, where she's standing there.
She does a little like twist with the gun on the floor. And then she like kneels and like all claps. Oh, and he had that one like it with the with the deep voice. And he was like over there. And I'm like, what? Dude, this guy's voice is like. as low of an octave as you can possibly go. It was absolutely nuts. Anything that's cool is in that movie, including, maybe spoilers, but it's old, okay? The werewolf vampire hybrid. I don't know why I was obsessed with the idea of that, but the lore within that, I was like, that's kind of cool. I was like, do you say werewolves? I was like, underworld.
What are the historical origins of werewolves?
Every time. Yeah, I mean, werewolves are just... An awesome creature. The lore behind them is as old as time. Everybody knows werewolves. They're terrifying at times, sexy at other times. Sure. They've taken all sorts of forms. Yeah, all sorts of form and media.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:29
2
What are the historical origins of werewolves?
4:29–7:54
3
How have werewolves been portrayed in popular culture?
7:54–19:46
4
What are the common characteristics of werewolves in folklore?
19:46–31:04
5
How did werewolf trials intersect with witch trials in Europe?
31:04–37:59
6
What psychological factors might explain werewolf legends?
37:59–1:27:20
Speakers
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