The werewolf is a staple of supernatural fiction these days, and one could be forgiven for thinking that this snarling creature was created during the Medieval and Early Modern periods as a result of superstitions around witchcraft and black magic. But the werewolf is much older than that.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://martinifisher.com/2022/03/28/ancient-stories-of-werewolves/