WERTHER

see Gorruz. to a superstition widely di eminated in Europe in medieval times, a man who had power to transform himSelf into a wolf. In such tales the w. is Sometimes a powerful warrior and sometimes a bloodthirsty monster who spreads destruction broadcast. Nor is the w. unknown in cla ical times; in transforms himself into a wolf by means of Magic herbs. Lycanthropy (q.v.). It has been the subject of much scient i fic discu ion. It has an obvious relation to Metempsy-chosis and Totemism.