Lycanthrope

This page originates from Lycanthrope page on Lost Girl

Lycanthrope is the language of Wolf-Shifters. The symbols represent battles Wolf-Shifters have fought in and the lords they've had fealty to.

Wolf-Shifters of both Light Fae and Dark Fae clans have used the language of Lycanthrope for millennia.



The tattoo on Dyson's back is Lycanthrope. The bracelet owned by Silas was engraved with the language.

Trivia
The term lycanthropy, referring both to the ability to transform oneself into a wolf and to the act of so doing, comes from Ancient Greek lukánthropos (from lúkos "wolf" and ánthrōpos "human"). The word does occur in ancient Greek sources, but only in Late Antiquity, only rarely, and only in the context of clinical lycanthropy where the patient had the ravenous appetite and other qualities of a wolf. A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope, is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (e.g. via a bite or scratch from another werewolf). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolf develops parallel to the belief in witches, in the course of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. The persecution of werewolves and the associated folklore is an integral part of the "witch-hunt" phenomenon, albeit a marginal one, accusations of werewolfery being involved in only a small fraction of witchcraft trials.

Appearances

 * 1.11 Faetal Justice