Between the 15th and 18th centuries in Europe plague, war, and religious struggle gave rise to superstitious beliefs, which included fears of witches and werewolves
A beast with the head of a dog is illustrated in the 1642 Monstrorum Historia.to Professor Lupin in the “Harry Potter” franchise, were often transformed into monsters by the light of the full moon. Peter Stump, and other so-called 16th-century European werewolves, generally owed their transformations to a deal with the devil.The lurid nature of Stump’s crimes and punishment captured the public imagination. Although Stump’s trial and execution stand out, his was not an isolated case.
European werewolf panics were centered in areas with wild wolves, forested regions, as well as a strong culture of livestock herding, such as Germany and France. Fears of real wolves preying on animals and children grew into fears of demonic wolves. If rabid wolves were present, werewolves might be blamed for their “crimes.”
Scholars are unsure when Stump was born, but his occupation is consistently given as a farmer. He is said to be from Epprath, a village near Bedburg. Some scholars suggest Stump was a wealthy land-owner, based on a description in the 1590 English pamphlet: This detail is likely nothing more than dramatic color, however, since no other source exists to confirm it.It is from these salacious sources that details of the Stump affair must be drawn—although supernatural elements in the story are given as fact. In one version Stump is arrested after a local farmer enters into a fight with a wolf and cuts off its left paw with a sword.
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