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We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Lycanthropy - A history of the Werewolf. The mythos of the Werewolf has existed in some form or another since the times of Ancient Greece.
Lyacon, King of Arcadia was transformed into a wolf after serving the flesh of his son to the Greek god Zeus in an attempt to discredit Zeus’ divinity. The term “Lycanthropy” is derived from the Greek words lukos , “wolf” and anthropos, “man”. Lycanthropy is most closely associated with the transformation of a human into a wolf-like creature but the term does apply to the transformation into any animal. The myth of animals taking human form and vice versa has existed in religions and cultures of many societies, notably in the Native American culture. Bete du gevaudan. A History of Werewolves in the Movies. 1935: Werewolf of London The transformation of actor Henry Hull occurred in two cuts: As the actor walked behind pillars, he emerged in stages of werewolf makeup. 1941: The Wolf Man Actor Lon Chaney Jr. transforms in a dissolve.
Lycanthropy, Pseudoscience or Science? - James R. Biology Period 1. Sometimes determining the difference between science and pseudoscience could prove to be very difficult.
Pseudo means ”fake” so to find out if something is fake or not you need to know enough information about the topic. Science is testing hypothesis, weighing possibilities, and finding out the truth. Science and pseudoscience are opposites from each other. Lycanthropy. Here's an interesting article I found on Lycanthropy on Skptic's Dictionary, I wonder if a lot of myths actually came about from this?
The delusional belief that one has turned into an animal, especially a werewolf. In Europe during the Middle Ages, lycanthropy was commonly believed to occur due to witchcraft or magic. One modern theory is that the rye bread of the poor was often contaminated with the fungus ergot, which caused hallucinations and delusions about werewolves. Stories of humans turning into animals such as tigers, swans, monkeys, etc., are widespread and seem to occur in all cultures, indicating shared human fears (e.g., fear of the wildest local beast) or desires (e.g., wishing for powers such as great strength or the power of flight), or common brain disorders.
Science and Lycanthropy. L Y C A N T H R O P YBy the Dark Wolf Here are some articles I found about the scientific explanations for lycanthropy...Scientists hunt down the "wolf man" gene Lycanthropy Genetics "Scientists have pinpointed the gene responsible for "Werewolf" syndrome, an extremely rare genetic condition in which patients are covered in dense hair.
"A team from Texas, which studied a family of Mexicans suffering from congenital generalized hypertrichosis, say that the precise identification of the gene could provide useful information about the normal distribution of human hair, and could eventually have significant application in the treatment of baldness. "Many of the victims of the condition have spent their lives performing in circuses. Four years ago, two Mexican boys aged 9 and 14 were banned from appearing in a circus in Blackpool after protests from child welfare groups. WEREWOLF SYNDROME – Hypertrichosis. 'Werewolf' Gene May Explain Excess Hair Disorder. Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation responsible for a disorder that causes people to sprout thick hair on their faces and bodies.
Hypertrichosis, sometimes called "werewolf syndrome" is a very rare condition, with fewer than 100 cases documented worldwide. But researchers knew the disorder runs in families, and in 1995 they traced the approximate location of the mutation to a section of the X chromosome (one of the two sex chromosomes) in a Mexican family affected by hypertrichosis. Men with the syndrome have hair covering their faces and eyelids, while women grow thick patches on their bodies.
10 Bizarre Medical Conditions" 희귀난치성질환정보 출력화면/희귀난치성질환정보. 염색체 3, 홑염색체 3p(Chromosome 3, deletion of distal 3p)는 염색체 3번의 단완(p) 끝 부분(말단)이 결손된 희귀 염색체 질환이다. 증상과 소견의 범위와 심각도는 다양하지만, 관련된 특징으로는 태어나기 전과 후의 성장 지연, 심한 정신 지체, 두개골과 얼굴부분의 독특한 기형, 일자 눈썹(Synophrys), 털과다증(Hypertrichosis)등의 증상이 신체적 이상으로 나타날 수 있다. 많은 케이스에서, 염색체 3, 홑염색체 3p는 이유 없이 새로운 돌연변이에 의해서 일어난다.
남성과 여성에서 동일하게 영향을 받는다. 1978년 Verjaal M에 의해 처음 보고된 이 질환은 이후 약 34개의 사례가 의학 문헌에 보고 되었다. 염색체 3, 홑염색체 3p와 관련된 증상과 신체적 소견은 환자마다 범위와 심각도의 정도가 다양하다. 하지만 의학 문헌에 따르면, 많은 환자는 낮은 출생체중, 태어나기 전과 후의 성장 지연, 심한 정신 지체, 정신과 행동 활동의 협동을 요구하는 기술의 습득에서 심각한 지연(정신운동 지연), 털과다증, 두개골과 얼굴부분의 독특한 기형을 가진다. 환아(유아)에서 흔히 짧고 넓은 단두증이 보일 수 있는 비정상적 작은 머리(소두증), 편평한 뒤통수, 이상하게 높고, 넓게, 돌출한 이마가 나타난다. Hypertrichosis and Its Causes - Treatment of Hypertrichosis. Hypertrichosis is characterized by excessive localized or generalized hairy growth on certain areas of the body as a result of increase in length or density of hair.
Hypertrichosis is different from hirsutism which refers to male pattern of hairy growth on woman’s body because of increase in androgens (known as male sex hormones). Lanugo, vellus, terminal and several other types of hair are responsible for hypertrichosis. Lanugo is the fine and down-like hairy growth which is mostly seen in newly born babies. Lanugo disappears within a year after birth.
Real-Life 'Werewolves' - Page 1. We've all heard the werewolf legends: When the moon grows full, so goes the legend, a man is transformed into a beast -- he grows hair, and acquires awesome powers.
But what if it weren't the light of the moon but rather genetics that gave the werewolves of legend all that hair? The powers, though, remain the stuff of myth. For Danny Ramos Gomez, in his early 20's, genetics is the reason people call him "the wolf man. " Danny has a condition called hypertrichosis, which causes his body to produce an abnormal amount of hair everywhere. Claviceps purpurea, ergot fungus - THE POISON GARDEN website. This site uses botanical names.
Click here for an A to Z common name to botanical name converter. Summary. Hypertrichosis1.jpg 300×401 pixels. Origin of the Werewolf Legend. During middle ages, especially from 15th to 17th century, Europe was under the dark shadow of ignorance and superstitions. Towns were underdeveloped and people lived near woods. The fear of wolves was like a nightmare. Their attacks were so frequent and atrocious in nature that people even feared to travel from one place to another.
Every morning, countryside people would find half-eaten human limbs scattered on their fields. The first recorded Werewolf sighting took place around the countryside of German town Colongne and Bedburg in 1591. Werewolves: The Myths & The Truths.