Just now there is this ad on the top of my screen that reads: Lycan or Vampire? It is about some online game where you choose to either be a lycanthrope or a vampire, a protagonist or antagonist.
However i am also aware that there is a series of movies with the term "Lycan" in their title, in singular or plural.
So this thread is about the corruption of this word in english.
Originally i guess the term was the regular english-one, of "wolf-man". The Greek Lycanthropos is, afterall, virtually the same term, from Lycos (wolf) and Anthropos (human). But Lycan by itself means nothing in Greek.
I would have to guess that those who instituted the new term Lycan were not aware of the term anthropos, whose two first letters they severed and glued onto the lyc part.
And although the term "Lycanthropy" has found some prominence in this field, it is in my view disheartening that at the same time a completely wrong word appears, and slowly rises.
Now Lycanthropos, or Lycos (wolf) are not the only viable options. There is Lyceios (wolfian), as in the Lyceios Zeus, an ancient greek cult.
-Do you mind the term Lycan?
-Do you consider "Lycan" to be correct English?
You can also discuss similar terms which get corrupted, and your view of this phenomenon.
However i am also aware that there is a series of movies with the term "Lycan" in their title, in singular or plural.
So this thread is about the corruption of this word in english.
Originally i guess the term was the regular english-one, of "wolf-man". The Greek Lycanthropos is, afterall, virtually the same term, from Lycos (wolf) and Anthropos (human). But Lycan by itself means nothing in Greek.
I would have to guess that those who instituted the new term Lycan were not aware of the term anthropos, whose two first letters they severed and glued onto the lyc part.
And although the term "Lycanthropy" has found some prominence in this field, it is in my view disheartening that at the same time a completely wrong word appears, and slowly rises.
Now Lycanthropos, or Lycos (wolf) are not the only viable options. There is Lyceios (wolfian), as in the Lyceios Zeus, an ancient greek cult.
-Do you mind the term Lycan?
-Do you consider "Lycan" to be correct English?
You can also discuss similar terms which get corrupted, and your view of this phenomenon.
