The legend of Licaon, the werewolf

La legend of the werewolf is universal, varies by region, thousands of books have been written, movies were filmed, but all derive from the Greek legend of Lycaon or Lycaon.

The legend could have originated from the Greek myth of Lycaon, werewolves are called Lycanthrope from the Greek (likos-wolf, anthropos-man).

Lycaon He was the son of Pelasgo, this was the first man who lived in Arcadia, founded it, populated it, taught the people who lived there to behave in a civilized way, cover their bodies, eat cooked food, live in huts.

When Pelasgus his son died Lycaon he inherited everything, he was as wise and intelligent as his father, it is believed that along with human sacrifices he established anthropophagy, that is, eating human flesh.

On a mountain Lycaon founded the city of Licosura, the oldest city in all of Greece. At the top he built a temple in honor of Zeus, beginning with the practice of human sacrifices, not people from the place were sacrificed, but travelers, who passed through the place.

Zeus wanted to know what was happening, he pretended to be a visitor, the Arcadians realized that he was a god because he reflected light, but LycaonHe wanted to know whether or not he was a god and served him human flesh. Zeus enraged, with his rays he destroyed everything, also the palace, and as his name means wolf, he turned him into a ferocious wolf. He gave him the grace that every ten years, if he had not eaten human flesh, he would return to being human. But every time he took the form of a man he returned to make sacrifices and eat human flesh and became a wolf again. Lycaon He did not resign himself, every so often on full moon nights he would go out to the forest clearing or to the roads to howl asking for Zeus's forgiveness, and to eat whoever passed by the place.