The Wolves of War: Evidence of an Ancient Cult of Warrior Lycanthropy

Volume 14 No 3 (2016)

Carl Anton Paul Ruck

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2016.14.3.898

Abstract

Archaeological evidence indicates that naturally occurring megalithic structures that resemble mushrooms throughout the region identified as Thrace in antiquity were the foci of religious observances, sometime with the fungal likeness of the stone structures intensified by human intervention. Thrace was considered the probable origin of Dionysian rites. Wine was recognized in antiquity as the product of fungal growth and the drink was a cultivated version of wild intoxicants, among which was the mushroom.

Keywords

mushroom, ergot, Thracian megaliths, berserkers, Dionysus, Apollo

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