Weerwolf

werewolf · Netherlands · Germanic

Weerwolf is the Dutch werewolf, documented in 16th–17th century witchcraft trials in the Netherlands. De Blécourt and Meder recorded cases of transformation via devil's salve or wolf-skin belt. Dutch cases clustered 1590s–1620s. Word derives from Middle Dutch weerwolf (man-wolf), cognate with Old English werwulf and German Werwolf.

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