What are monsters? I think monsters are creatures that take on abnormal form or structure. Everyone has a monster they love or hate. In this essay the monster I’ll be talking about is werewolves. Even though werewolves aren’t real, I love the stories and criminal cases about werewolves during medieval time. Werewolves are mythological humans that have the ability to shapeshift into wolves. They can infect the human population with a bite and the creature’s transformation is often associated with a full moon. Werewolves originated in Europe, however many accounts are found all over the ancient world. They have super-human strength and senses, far beyond those of either wolves or men. They have been spotted all around the world …show more content…
One story is from Romania and Greece. The legend of Ovid, in the Metamorphose, told of King Lycaeon, who was visited by passing gods. Believing that they were not true gods he decided to test them by serving human flesh in one of the many dishes served at a banquet in their honor. Upon the discovering the tainted dish, the god change King Lycaeon into a werewolf because he loved human flesh. I enjoyed the story and found it interesting how they switched out the dish to human meat. Yet, I also wonder where did they get the human flesh. Why didn’t the king believe they were true gods when they came to visited him? Another werewolf story I like is a Native American story. The legend goes that there was a spirit-god named Wisakachek. Wisakachek was a shape-shifter that lived in the woods. One day Wisakachek was roaming the woods in human form. He saw two brothers from the fox tribe hunting. The brother’s names were Keme and Matchitehew. The brothers had just caught a deer with their bows and arrows. Wisakachek walked to the boys and pretended to be a lost and hungry traveler from another tribe. Keme offered some of the deer they caught to Wisakachek, and