Thinking about the variations on the werewolf legend on the Brazillian folklore, as it changes according to the region.
Basically, if you are a boy who:
- Is the thirteenth child
-Is the eight child and the seven previous children were women
-Is the eight child period
-Is the seventh child out of thirteen
-Is the seventh child of the seventh child
-Was born on Good Friday at midnight
-Is the child of a incestuous relationship
-Is the child of a relationship between a woman and a priest
-Wasn’t baptized
-Has anemia
you will become a werewolf once you turn 13.
Only men become werewolves. (I couldn’t find any source saying that if a person is attacked by a werewolf and survives will also become a werewolf). Also, the curse is hereditary.
You can identify a werewolf if a man is easily annoyed, barely eats (but when he does, is usually spicy and/or salty food), is usually tired and is lazy, and is thirsty all the time. Some versions say that a man who is pale and has a large nose and ears is also a werewolf.
The transformations happen every Friday; the full moon is rarely mentioned. The victim goes to a crossroad, becomes a werewolf and does his thing, then goes back to that crossroad before dawn to turn human again. Curiously, becoming a werewolf doesn’t necessarily means that you will become a wolf or a wolf hybrid. Sometimes you just become a dog or even some unspecified animal ( even a pig counts). The main victims or werewolves are animals, in some regions non baptized babies are also included. Most versions say that the werewolf only drinks their blood.
In some regions, you cut off the paw of a werewolf, you will cure him. You can also make a werewolf turn human again (not necessarily cure him) by cutting him with a knife or a sharp object, enough to draw blood. Silver bullets also kill werewolves, but in some regions a regular bullet, covered with the wax of a candle used in a mass will do the trick. You have to shoot the werewolf through the heart to kill it. Another way to get cured is, on your first night as werewolf, you have to visit seven graveyards until sunrise. A possible result of not being able to do this is staying in werewolf form forever.
Overall this is what I could find. Feel free to add more.
