Eva Gordon's Crazy Alphabet : Letter E is for Epic list of European Words for Werewolf


E is for Epic European list of the word Werewolf in various European Languages
You have probably seen this list before, but I wanted to post it to show how universal the concept of the werewolf happens to be.

 Albania (oik) , France (loup-garou), Greece (lycanthropos), Spain, Mexico (hombre lobo), Bulgaria (valkolak), Turkey (kurtadam), Czech Republic/Slovakia (vlkodlak), Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia(vukodlak / вукодлак), Russia(vourdalak , оборотень), Ukraine(vovkulak(a), vurdalak(a), vovkun, перевертень), Croatia (vukodlak), Poland(wilkołak), Romania (vârcolac, priculici), Macedonia (vrkolak), Scotland (werewolf, wulver), England (werewolf), Ireland (faoladh or conriocht), Germany (Werwolf), the Netherlands (weerwolf), Denmark/Sweden/Norway (Varulv), Norway/Iceland (kveld-ulf,varúlfur), Galicia(lobisón), Portugal (lobisomem), Lithuania (vilkolakis and vilkatlakis), Latvia(vilkatis and vilkacis), Andorra(home llop), Hungary (Vérfarkas and Farkasember), Estonia (libahunt), Finland (ihmissusi and vironsusi), and Italy (lupo mannaro). 



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Published on May 04, 2016 13:28
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