The word lycanthrope--Greeklykanthropos, meaning "wolf-man" or "werewolf"--has its origins in the cult of Zeus on Mount Lykaion (Lycaeum) in Arkadia. It was here, according to Greek myth, that King Lykaon sacrificed, or served a meal of, a child to the god and was transformed into a...
If you are a big fan of the Harry Potter series, remember that Amilius was one of the names of Professor Lupin, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. He was also a werewolf and was very kind to Harry and his friends. 4. Anniola (American spelling Ann-dola) Anniola is from “...
and that the word Kallikantzaros itself has been conjecturally derived by Bernhard Schmidt from two Turkish words meaning "black" and "werewolf." The connection between Christmas and werewolves is not confined to Greece. According to a belief not yet extinct in the north and east of Germany, ...
Second, the ideological role of vocabulary is expressed through word mean- ing, that is, what meaning is given to a word. Again, this is not given, but rather socially variable and contested, and often even an object of ideological conflict (for example, about what meaning is given to ...