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75 000 BC
First altars providing evidence of the prehistoric cult of the bear.
10 000 BC
Domestication of dogs.
6 000 BC
Wall paintings of Catal-Huyuk show half-men half-leopards during hunting.
2 000 BC
The epic poem Gilgamesh is created, in which the first proof of belief in werewolves appears.
850 BC
Homer's Odyssey is created, in which there occurs a figure of speech suggesting the belief in the existence of werewolves.
500 BC
The Scites believed that the tribe of Neurs were werewolves; this belief was described by Herodotus in his The Histories (4, 105). Neurs were an ancient people, by many identified with Slaves. According to Herodotus, they lived in the area of what is now Volhynia and Podolia. They themselves were called sorcerers of Scytean customs.
400 BC
Damarchus, the werewolf from Arcadia, wins a medal in boxing during the olympiad.
100 BC
Virgil's eighth eclogue for the first time describes a wilful change into a werewolf.
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2 - 8 AD
Under Octavian Augustus' mecenate Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) writes the Metamorphoses - a collection of 250 myths which aim to explain the creation of particular creatures, plants and phenomena - in which there appears the myth about Zeus and Lycaon.
55 AD
Petronius' Satyricon.
150 AD
Apuleius' Metmorphoses.
170 AD
Pausanias pays a visit to Arcadia and learns about Lycaonian werewolf-like rituals.
432 AD
St. Patrick arrives in Ireland and turns the king of Wales, Veretic, into a wolf.
600 AD
A baby, later to be St. Albert (Irishman), is fostered by wolves.
617 AD
According to legend, wolves attack heretic monks.
650 AD
Paul of Aegina describes "melancholic lycanthropy".
900 AD
Hrafnsmal mentiones "wolf coats" worn by Norse warriors - berserkers from the royal guard. The fighting fury (berserkergang), which they would fly in, was compared to a wolf's rage.
The episcopal canon condemns belief in the existence of witches as heresy.
1020 AD
For the first time the term "werewolf" (werewulf) appears in English literature.
1101 AD
Th death of Vreslav, the Ukrainian king considered to have been a werewolf.
1182-1183 AD
Giraldus persists that he had met a pair of werewolves in Ireland.
1275-1300 AD
The Norse Volsunga Saga is written. The work tells of the fate of two werewolves who have changed into wolves after putting on wolf skins.
1344 AD
The discovery of the wolf-child of Hesse.
1347-1351 AD
The outbreak of the black death, which decimated the population of Europe.
1407 AD
A mention of werewolves is made during a witch trial in Basel.
1450 AD
Elsa of Meerburg is accused of riding on wolf-back.
1487 AD
The publication of Malleus Maleficarum (Eng. "The Hammer of Witches" or Ger. "Hexenhammer") in Germany.
1521 AD
The werewolf of Poligny is burnt on stake.
1541 AD
The werewolf of Padua is killed by quartering.
1550 AD
Witeking for the first times interviews a werewolf in Riga.
1555 AD
Olaus Magnus describes the strange behaviour of Baltic werewolves. In his work, Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, he writes that in the Baltic countries there gather huge packs of werewolves. They fly into amok and rush straight ahead, killing and devouring everything that comes in their path. They break into cellars and larders, emptying them completely. This was said to happen most frequently around the time of Christmas. Similar sightings of werewolf packs was to have been possible to observe in Normandy.
1560 AD
The publication of Magiae Naturalis ("Natural Magic") by Giambattista della Porta.
1563 AD
Johann Weyer's (a.k.a. Weir, Wierus) De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis ("On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons") is published, being one of the first works protesting against the prosecution of witches.
1573 AD
Gilles Grenier is burnt on stake on charge of werewolfism.
1580 AD
The rebellion in Romans. Numerous incident of cannibalism.
1588 AD
A werewolf woman is said to be roaming in Auvergne.
1590 AD
In Cologne Peter Stubbe is executed on charge of werewolfism.
1598 AD
The werewolf of Chalons is executed in Paris on December 14.
The Gandillon family is burnt in Jura on charge of werewolfism.
The trial of Jacques Roulet (Werewolf of Angers); he is sentenced by secular court to death. The defendant, however, appeals to Parliament in Paris which exchanges his death penalty for a 2-year stay at an asylum in St. Germain des Pres.
1603 AD
The trial of Jean Grenier; he is sentenced to life isolation.
1610 AD
Jean Grenier dies.
In Liege two women are burnt on charge of werewolfism.
1637 AD
Hunger in Franche-Comte, numerous incidents of cannibalism.
1682 AD
In Fahrenholz in Germany some people are accused of being able to transform into wolves and brought to court.
1692 AD
The interrogation of Theiss the werewolf.
1697 AD
Charles Perrault writes his tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
1764-1767 AD
The Beast of Gevaudan spreads terror in Auvergne.
1796-1799 AD
A panic fear of wolves takes hold of the whole of France.
1797 AD
Victor of Aveyron is seen for the first time.
1812 AD
Brothers' Grimm version of Little Red Riding Hood.
1824 AD
Antonie Leger is charged and tried for werewolf crimes and subsequently put into an asylum.
1828 AD
The death of Victor of Aveyron.
1853 AD
In one of the villages of Spain Manuel Blanco Romasanta murders 15 people, claiming to have murdered them in the form of a wolf.
1865 AD
Sabine Baring-Gould's The Book of Were-Wolves appears.
1880 AD
Folklore researchers write down werewolf legens from Picardy.
1913 AD
The first werewolf film (The Werewolf), with a real wolf in the transformation scene.
1914 AD
Sigmunt Freud publishes an article about a "wolf-man".
1920 AD
The discovery of two wolf-children of the Orissa tribe.
1936 AD
January 16: In the Sing Sing prison in the USA Albert H. Fish, known as the Werewolf of Visteria, is executed.
Sergei Prokofiev writes his composition: Peter and the Wolf.
1952 AD
Tracing Wolf Children (?) by Ogburne and Bose is published.
1972 AD
The discovery of Shamdeo, living among wolves in India.
1975 AD
Surawicz and Banta publish a description of two modern cases of lycanthropy.
1981 AD
An American Werewolf in London is filmed, in which a quadruped werewolf first appears.
~ 1988 AD
Rumours spread about the alleged sightings of the Morbach Monster.
1989 AD
The murder of Bordeaux.
1999 AD
J.K. Rowling's third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is published. One of the newly-introduced characters, Professor Remus J. Lupin, is a werewolf.
2007 AD
June 5: An article in the Yahoo.co.uk News appears, titled: Police find 'werewolf' link to violence.
First altars providing evidence of the prehistoric cult of the bear.
10 000 BC
Domestication of dogs.
6 000 BC
Wall paintings of Catal-Huyuk show half-men half-leopards during hunting.
2 000 BC
The epic poem Gilgamesh is created, in which the first proof of belief in werewolves appears.
850 BC
Homer's Odyssey is created, in which there occurs a figure of speech suggesting the belief in the existence of werewolves.
500 BC
The Scites believed that the tribe of Neurs were werewolves; this belief was described by Herodotus in his The Histories (4, 105). Neurs were an ancient people, by many identified with Slaves. According to Herodotus, they lived in the area of what is now Volhynia and Podolia. They themselves were called sorcerers of Scytean customs.
400 BC
Damarchus, the werewolf from Arcadia, wins a medal in boxing during the olympiad.
100 BC
Virgil's eighth eclogue for the first time describes a wilful change into a werewolf.
*
2 - 8 AD
Under Octavian Augustus' mecenate Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) writes the Metamorphoses - a collection of 250 myths which aim to explain the creation of particular creatures, plants and phenomena - in which there appears the myth about Zeus and Lycaon.
55 AD
Petronius' Satyricon.
150 AD
Apuleius' Metmorphoses.
170 AD
Pausanias pays a visit to Arcadia and learns about Lycaonian werewolf-like rituals.
432 AD
St. Patrick arrives in Ireland and turns the king of Wales, Veretic, into a wolf.
600 AD
A baby, later to be St. Albert (Irishman), is fostered by wolves.
617 AD
According to legend, wolves attack heretic monks.
650 AD
Paul of Aegina describes "melancholic lycanthropy".
900 AD
Hrafnsmal mentiones "wolf coats" worn by Norse warriors - berserkers from the royal guard. The fighting fury (berserkergang), which they would fly in, was compared to a wolf's rage.
The episcopal canon condemns belief in the existence of witches as heresy.
1020 AD
For the first time the term "werewolf" (werewulf) appears in English literature.
1101 AD
Th death of Vreslav, the Ukrainian king considered to have been a werewolf.
1182-1183 AD
Giraldus persists that he had met a pair of werewolves in Ireland.
1275-1300 AD
The Norse Volsunga Saga is written. The work tells of the fate of two werewolves who have changed into wolves after putting on wolf skins.
1344 AD
The discovery of the wolf-child of Hesse.
1347-1351 AD
The outbreak of the black death, which decimated the population of Europe.
1407 AD
A mention of werewolves is made during a witch trial in Basel.
1450 AD
Elsa of Meerburg is accused of riding on wolf-back.
1487 AD
The publication of Malleus Maleficarum (Eng. "The Hammer of Witches" or Ger. "Hexenhammer") in Germany.
1521 AD
The werewolf of Poligny is burnt on stake.
1541 AD
The werewolf of Padua is killed by quartering.
1550 AD
Witeking for the first times interviews a werewolf in Riga.
1555 AD
Olaus Magnus describes the strange behaviour of Baltic werewolves. In his work, Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, he writes that in the Baltic countries there gather huge packs of werewolves. They fly into amok and rush straight ahead, killing and devouring everything that comes in their path. They break into cellars and larders, emptying them completely. This was said to happen most frequently around the time of Christmas. Similar sightings of werewolf packs was to have been possible to observe in Normandy.
1560 AD
The publication of Magiae Naturalis ("Natural Magic") by Giambattista della Porta.
1563 AD
Johann Weyer's (a.k.a. Weir, Wierus) De Praestigiis Daemonum et Incantationibus ac Venificiis ("On the Illusions of the Demons and on Spells and Poisons") is published, being one of the first works protesting against the prosecution of witches.
1573 AD
Gilles Grenier is burnt on stake on charge of werewolfism.
1580 AD
The rebellion in Romans. Numerous incident of cannibalism.
1588 AD
A werewolf woman is said to be roaming in Auvergne.
1590 AD
In Cologne Peter Stubbe is executed on charge of werewolfism.
1598 AD
The werewolf of Chalons is executed in Paris on December 14.
The Gandillon family is burnt in Jura on charge of werewolfism.
The trial of Jacques Roulet (Werewolf of Angers); he is sentenced by secular court to death. The defendant, however, appeals to Parliament in Paris which exchanges his death penalty for a 2-year stay at an asylum in St. Germain des Pres.
1603 AD
The trial of Jean Grenier; he is sentenced to life isolation.
1610 AD
Jean Grenier dies.
In Liege two women are burnt on charge of werewolfism.
1637 AD
Hunger in Franche-Comte, numerous incidents of cannibalism.
1682 AD
In Fahrenholz in Germany some people are accused of being able to transform into wolves and brought to court.
1692 AD
The interrogation of Theiss the werewolf.
1697 AD
Charles Perrault writes his tale of Little Red Riding Hood.
1764-1767 AD
The Beast of Gevaudan spreads terror in Auvergne.
1796-1799 AD
A panic fear of wolves takes hold of the whole of France.
1797 AD
Victor of Aveyron is seen for the first time.
1812 AD
Brothers' Grimm version of Little Red Riding Hood.
1824 AD
Antonie Leger is charged and tried for werewolf crimes and subsequently put into an asylum.
1828 AD
The death of Victor of Aveyron.
1853 AD
In one of the villages of Spain Manuel Blanco Romasanta murders 15 people, claiming to have murdered them in the form of a wolf.
1865 AD
Sabine Baring-Gould's The Book of Were-Wolves appears.
1880 AD
Folklore researchers write down werewolf legens from Picardy.
1913 AD
The first werewolf film (The Werewolf), with a real wolf in the transformation scene.
1914 AD
Sigmunt Freud publishes an article about a "wolf-man".
1920 AD
The discovery of two wolf-children of the Orissa tribe.
1936 AD
January 16: In the Sing Sing prison in the USA Albert H. Fish, known as the Werewolf of Visteria, is executed.
Sergei Prokofiev writes his composition: Peter and the Wolf.
1952 AD
Tracing Wolf Children (?) by Ogburne and Bose is published.
1972 AD
The discovery of Shamdeo, living among wolves in India.
1975 AD
Surawicz and Banta publish a description of two modern cases of lycanthropy.
1981 AD
An American Werewolf in London is filmed, in which a quadruped werewolf first appears.
~ 1988 AD
Rumours spread about the alleged sightings of the Morbach Monster.
1989 AD
The murder of Bordeaux.
1999 AD
J.K. Rowling's third Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is published. One of the newly-introduced characters, Professor Remus J. Lupin, is a werewolf.
2007 AD
June 5: An article in the Yahoo.co.uk News appears, titled: Police find 'werewolf' link to violence.
