The Wolf Man (1941)
Pop quiz! Which ancient werewolf legends include the Full Moon, wolfsbane, silver as a weapon, pentagrams on the hand, or an old gypsy rhyme?
None! Those were all invented for the 1941 movie!
That's the crazy thing about werewolves. Tons of cultures have their own "man turns into wolf" or "wolf turns into man" or "man acts like wolf" myths, mostly because wolves are some of the toughest animals out there if you get on their bad side. But about 90% of the stuff we think of as "traditional" werewolf legend was invented for the Lon Chaney Jr. movie. Isn't that something?
The Wolf Man (1941)
Pop quiz! Which ancient werewolf legends include the Full Moon, wolfsbane, silver as a weapon, pentagrams on the hand, or an old gypsy rhyme?
None! Those were all invented for the 1941 movie!
That's the crazy thing about werewolves. Tons of cultures have their own "man turns into wolf" or "wolf turns into man" or "man acts like wolf" myths, mostly because wolves are some of the toughest animals out there if you get on their bad side. But about 90% of the stuff we think of as "traditional" werewolf legend was invented for the Lon Chaney Jr. movie. Isn't that something?