Loup Garou

The Loup Garou is one of several known and established forms of shapeshifting into wolves. This specific breed of Wolf-Shifter is actually a type of Infernal and their bizarre origin story involves Catholic notions of sin and repentance.
The oldest and most intact stories of Loup Garou are from medieval France where the creatures were associated with the season of Lent and local religious practices. People who adhered publicly to Catholicism, but failed to live up to its tenets in their personal lives, ran the risk of becoming Loup Garou.
Often, once a person was transformed into a Loup Garou, they would become willing pawns of the Devil and operate against God's people. However, it was easy to identify a Loup Garou (even when they were in human form) because they would be physically repulsed by holy objects like scripture, holy water, anointed oil, etc.
It was possible for some people who had been made into Loup Garou to be saved. In some stories, Loup Garou would be accosted by saints, or the faith of particularly pious individuals would move the Loup Garou to repentance.
== References: ==
-http://mississippiwerewolf.com/Night_of_the_Loup_Garou_Movie_Website/The_Legend.html
-http://mythologian.net/loup-garou-rougarou-cajun-legend/
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