table of contents Beware the Wolf Shifting Shapes When the Full Moon Rises Werewolf Tales Glossary Index 4 8 12 16 22 24
BEWARE THE WOLF 4 Werewolves have been sinking their teeth into our deepest fears for a long time Tales of people turning into wolves are very old and very common
werewolf ORIGIN MESOPOTAMIA TURKEY SYRIA Mesopotamia Iraq IraN W E N S The First Werewolf The Epic of Gilgamesh was written around 4,000 years ago In it a goddess tires of the man she loves and turns him into a wolf The first known werewolf story came from the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh But early on werewolves also found their way into Greek Roman and Nordic myths 5
