Werewolves

Did women’s madness inspire werewolf legends?

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35 mins

Explore the origins of werewolf legends, beginning with a goddess’s revenge in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Discover how ancient cultures viewed wolves and their role in transformation myths. Learn about how gender, madness, and disease became intertwined with the werewolf myth.

Ep 1:

Cursed by Women: The Werewolf's Origins

From Gilgamesh's cursed shepherd to medieval treacherous wives and Victorian pseudo-science, discover how the werewolf myth became entwined with fears of feminine power and divine punishment.

Ep 2:

Bites, Bullets, and the Full Moon

Trace how silver bullets, contagious bites, and lunar madness became werewolf gospel through Hollywood invention, colonial anxiety, and one persistent medical theory linking porphyria to monstrous transformation.

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