lycanthropy

In folklore, the magical ability to assume the form and characteristics of a wolf.

A delusion that one has become or assumed the characteristics of a wolf or other animal.

The supposed power of certain human beings to change themselves or others temporarily or permanently into wolves or other savage animals. See werewolf.

The belief that certain persons change themselves into wolves or other wild beasts.

A kind of erratic melancholy or madness, in which the patient supposes himself to be a wolf. See lycanthrope.

The supposed act of turning one’s self or another person into a wolf.

A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.

The act of shapeshifting between the form of a human being and an animal (usually a wolf), often done during a full moon, according to legend.

A delusion in which one believes oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal

(folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf