. "A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope (from the Greek \u03BB\u03C5\u03BA\u03AC\u03BD\u03B8\u03C1\u03C9\u03C0\u03BF\u03C2 lyk\u00E1nthropos: \u03BB\u03CD\u03BA\u03BF\u03C2, lykos, \"wolf\", and \u1F04\u03BD\u03B8\u03C1\u03C9\u03C0\u03BF\u03C2, anthr\u014Dpos, \"man\"), 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."@en . . .