According to legend, werewolves can be killed by silver objects such as silver arrows and bullets. When a werewolf dies he is returned to his human form in a matter of seconds.
Origin
The word comes from the
old-Saxon word wer
(which means "man") and wolf. Another name
is Lycanthrope, a term
often used to describe
werewolves, however, in reality
is someone who suffers from a
mental disease and believes
he has changed into a wolf.
The concept of werewolves, or lycanthropes, is possibly based on the Greek myth of Lycaon. He was the king of Arcadia, and in the time of the ancient Greeks notorious for his cruelty. He tried to buy the favor of the god Zeus by offering him the flesh of a young child. Zeus punished him for this crime and turned him into a wolf.
