Top 5 Oldest Werewolves Explained

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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:29 Number 5
5:53 Number 4
7:15 Number 3
10:18 Number 2
12:38 Number 1
14:48 honorable mention
15:45 Final Thoughts

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[@Liv3W3ll]

Straight facts

[@mykaelnyx8821]

I don't know why I cannot directly reply or make comments on this video so I'm just making my comment here. The one movie Viking wolf if the thing is called The hound of hell wouldn't that technically make it a hellhound and not a werewolf? And also putting lotion in is not feasible either because he is not a werewolf. Honestly I'm just thinking the guy making these videos right here didn't have enough material to go off of so he just added stuff

[@schulzbrianr]

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" is my favorite movie about the Beast of Gevaudan.

[@alexkatc59]

And Revolutionärs have just killed this hero.

[@heavyhebrew]

One of my favorite monster movies

[@benparrish672]

Never heard of it. Ty. I need to check it out

[@yb554]

Same. Was able to watch it in theaters a few times. Probably the first movie I remember Monica Bellucci from.

[@Wendy____]

Great movie and often overlooked.

[@user-fn7hu5iy5f]

Drinking water from the Paw print of a wolf to become a werewolf, is ancient werewolf lore

[@dbradford259]

Hemlock Grove is based on same wolf puddle lore.

[@forgotten_islander4530]

I’m hoping he covers the lore in the series

[@angelaholmes8888]

I knew that William would be number 1 same for lucien being on this list

[@xengen212]

Ruined it.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

I thought William was in prison for about 600 years About the same age as Celine

[@FernandezEmG]

yep. you are right. it would be william. and he cant say that it needs to turn back, since he also did not say that werewolves can be a mist either. so details isnt important for the OP. it had to make a mistake making the other on the list moot. didnt even finish it.

[@antr7493]

@@jasonaugustine3370 Selene

[@user-wu1wm6bt5k]

I'm glad you mentioned Being Human, not the oldest werewolf by far but a great werewolf and series!. Also Teen Wolf was the shit back in the day.

[@bozicvladimir_srb]

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" is an awesome French movie, that talks about The Beast of Gevaudan!

[@Raduldo]

Monica Bellucci titties :)

[@dfailsthemost]

That paw print water is an old bit of lore. Part of the mythology from waaaay back.

[@heavyhebrew]

States its lore, doesn't explain, leaves. deep waters move, respect

[@rashb3994]

​@@heavyhebrewIt's briefly described and eventually applied in the show Hemlock Grove.

[@heavyhebrew]

@@rashb3994 Never seen it, will check it out

[@dfailsthemost]

@@heavyhebrew I've never seen an explanation for it. I just remember reading it in a random mythology book I got from the library when I was a kid. Most of the stuff in books like that was the usual, but that one stuck with me. Also, the 3 cuts on the forehead to trap a werewolf in wolf form (I think).

[@forgotten_islander4530]

@@dfailsthemostThe book of werewolves index goes into the lore and myths behind a ton of lycanthropy in stories and history.

[@coolchristiangirl190]

There is this werewolf series from the 1980s called Werewolf where they were immortal with the oldest, Nicolas Remy being over 2000 years old

[@lostinthestorywithjeremymi9385]

Came here to say this.

[@xengen212]

Probably a highly unknown series. I'm sure there's something out there with an older 1 but nobody watched it lol

[@counterspellgoon6854]

link

[@sean5558]

It was really good, it was just liek the Incredible Hulk series except it’s where he wanders around the country using his werewolf abilities to help people he encountered while on quest to end his curse while he still has control over his transformation before become uncontrollable beast

[@rashb3994]

​​@@sean5558No, he can't control his transformation in it and what's even crazier is it doesn't have to be a full moon, he gets that pentagram hand warning just a bit before. It'd be a really be a unique show to cover as he seems to have some kind of level of discernment between good and evil in werewolf form.

[@roderick8167]

Yeah I was just thinking since Van Helsing is the arc Angel Gabriel then he might be millions or even billions years old and since he became a werewolf then Werewolf Van Helsing is technically millions or billions years old the oldest werewolf in entertainment media 😳🤯, I mean yeah he wasn't a angel when he became a werewolf but Van Helsing has the knowledge and experience of his past Angel life if he can somehow unlock his memories so by technicality he is the oldest werewolf ever Lol

[@coganLollins]

exactly, I knew some people would argue that he's not really the oldest but in my mind he is haha

[@haloman117fanatic]

Yeah.....werewolves as a rule of thumb don't tend to have a long shelf life. The immortal ones tend to be the exception and not the rule. really enjoyed the videos. I really like the fact that you give Vampires and Werewolves Equal footing in your videos as I think Vampires often outshine all other supernaturals.

[@benparrish672]

Vampires are cooler & more OP than WereWolves & most supernatural beings/Cryptids from myths

[@fortelewisandrew2426]

My 5 favorite werewolf movies are Silver Bullet, The Howling, Dog Soldiers, Underworld, and An American Werewolf in London

[@ananddau8147]

Was looking forward to this thanks

[@cesarisaacrubiosaenz8561]

Please make a video talking about the werewolves from The World of Darkness... they are the best werewolves that have ever existed

[@heavyhebrew]

Well, that is debatable because there is a wide swing with WoD writing. Are we talking about Gaia's Little Band of Furry Ecoterrorists or nature's built-in mechanism to keep filthy stinking corpse bloodsuckers in check? I mean, FFS, WoD cast Godzilla movies as "corporate propaganda advancing imagery of "The Worm" courtesy of Slurpo Inc or whatever.

[@Gabriel766]

@@heavyhebrew furry ecoterrorists >

[@benparrish672]

What makes the WereWolves from "The World of Darkness" so much cooler than others?

[@MrDj232]

​@@benparrish672 They're basically furry Hulks created by the Earth to fight a Lovecraftian horror.

[@DeliciaDamaria]

During the whole video I was thinking about Lycaon-Ur, obviously I wasn't expecting him to be mentioned since he isn't pretty well know even among WoD lore since first of all he is from Werewolf the Forsaken and not Apocalyse, but he is pretty cool and probably the strongest werewolf of the setting and pretty damn old if what he says about being THE King Lycaon from Greek Mythology is true.

[@Fourthaboveall]

I absolutely love these things. Gotta do an oldest demon or monster in a movie next.

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I can't get enough of these. Thank you sir.

[@sithlordpunkin]

Love the channel my man. Im going blind,so i appreciate the articulate detail you put into every video. Excellent work.

[@erickroll3824]

Can you do ginger snaps werewolves please and thank you

[@rashb3994]

In Hemlock Grove a goofy girl not only briefly covers the drinking from a wolf paw lore, but she also mentions you can tell what human is a werewolf if their Index (or was it ring finger) is longer than their middle finger.

[@desperado8605]

One of my favorite series

[@Liv3W3ll]

That would be creepy to see.

[@ryanwaters6586]

Two I can remember from long ago are Nicholas Remy from werewolf TV series who is over 2000 years old and even older was, Stirba, Queen of werewolves from the howling 2, over 10000 years old.

[@TheKotor2309]

“An American Werewolf in Paris” was a pretty entertaining film.

[@danielkohlman27]

Dog soldiers is a great werewolf movie

[@krishanuA]

​@@danielkohlman27possibly the best in this genre.

[@danielkohlman27]

@@krishanuA very well could be. I liked how you didn't see the transformation and barely saw the werewolves until the end

[@krishanuA]

@@danielkohlman27 indeed. The tell but don't show technique, so to speak. Let the viewer's imagination run a mental marathon, eh? And what better tool can there be - cinematic or otherwise - than our imagination?! We hear the clothes tear, the wind knocked out during the change, the eyes, those spa-rejected nails 🥲 and not much else. As you said, it's up to us to deduce what the hell is going on. That's intriguing.. to me at least

[@danielkohlman27]

@@krishanuA absolutely. The imagination is the most powerful cinematic tool. The other thing I like is with the werewolves it's all costumes and no CGI. To be that makes the movie better. Because Cho isn't as realistic as it was back in the days of Jurassic park

[@ianmpena]

Can you please cover American vampire comic and shiki vampire anime and call of the night and vampire hunter d

[@fireorb2]

Thanks for another great video Cogan! Werewolves are the best!

[@RobOlivierbjr64]

Such a great presentation, I especially enjoyed the focus on the difference between lycans and werewolves. I also never heard of “Viking Wolf”. I’m definitely going to look for it👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😎

[@antr7493]

ya know what i like about your channel. You introduce me to movies i never heard of before. Thanks/

[@seemehollow]

I really Love your content! I so want more Vampire the Masquerade!

[@paulshri8609]

Great content as always. Regarding the Beast of Gevaudan, there was a movie made a few years ago called Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Its not what i would call a classic, but its one of those movies where you settle down with some popcorn and enjoy the mayhem 😂😂😂

[@TheLycan01]

Awesome thank you great work.

[@unknown_nobody7]

Howdy great video man it was very well done and it was easy to tell that you put a lot of work into it and i just wanted to tell you that all of your videos are great and I wanted to recommend a comic book series you should read called American vampire it's really well done and has a very interesting take on vampires and i think you could make at least one if not more videos covering them alone anyway thank you for the great video and hope you read the series

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Absolutely love your content

[@jakelowe3441]

I noticed you broke one of your rules with not picking from the same series. I think you should make the exception that if they are a different species that I doesn’t matter. So the Lucian and William would work and could open up some other options. Loved the video can’t wait so see some other old creatures

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yesss🔥 now the originals can we get a full video like please?🤣 the drama and emotion is so unbelievable!

[@mariolamba8516]

Want supermatural creatures? Well how about The Great Wall a movie where aliens come to earth and try to eat all of Asia. Maybe you could do a video where you explain these creatures and theri weaknesses. Just saying. Great video btw👏👏👏👏

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The tao tai aren't supernatural though they're just extraterrestrial biological creatures

[@xengen212]

The less I hear of that abomination of a movie the better.

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@@xengen212 It was nice

[@sean5558]

Good monsters movie but they aren’t supernatural they are extraterrestrial

[@sjc5411]

Yeah, I enjoy the Great Wall movie. Was a solid 5/10. Definitely worth a watch.

[@Drominite]

The 🐐 has returned 🔥

[@FireAllOfEverythingAtOnce]

Here's a vampire t.v. show for you. 1990s, name: Forever Knight. A vampire cop show, with vampires as overnight radio talk show hosts, bar owners, & more. Look it up, & see if you can watch it. Not something that was a 1 or 2 season thing. I think it was 3 to 5 seasons. Also, these were more episodes per season than now. It was an hour per episode as well. It's Canadian I believe, so was shown on independent t.v. broadcast stations, along with Highlander: The Series, & a few other shows like them. I think it got reruns on Showtime or Max (not the HBO Max thing today -- HBO & Max were separate back then) on cable in the early 2000s. I know it wasn't on HBO, since I didn't have HBO, but did have both of the others.

[@johnhamilton7353]

Have you ever done a video about the demons and angels in supernatural?

[@CeeDoubleU]

I liked how Underworld kept to the original lore and made Werewolves immortal. Just like the original lore on Vampires; Lycanthropy is supposed to be a supernatural affliction, hence the immortality with very specific weaknesses

[@ozmozis6073]

Very cool! Thanks.

[@deegomez8813]

Another awesome video,just like always,and i was thinking maybe you can look at the vampires from the Hellsing Ultimate anime series,i believe you would find those vampires pretty interesting especially the main protagonists,i hope to see that video on here one day.

[@SamHnamte]

Haven't seen you cover the vampire diaries and would love it if you can.. This is the first time i even see you mentioned the series

[@quentinhill4264]

Another great vid kind sir. I dont think the werewolf in Viking Wolf was the same from tht room. But u should do Dylan Dog Dead of Night plenty of vampires and werewolves in tht one

[@storqe]

Something I did find interesting about the Twilight werewolves was that, not only did they turn into giant wolves instead of humanoids but the transformation stops the aging process for a time so how long they live is largely up to them.

[@Dre-yd2xh]

14:15 you mean nearly a *millennia*, thats how long William was locked up

[@livestreamgaming420]

Klaus' whole Wolf side was locked away for centuries. Not just his "wolf face". He was technically just an original vampire for a vast time of his life.

[@user-wk3yu2jm2m]

Yeah but he can still kill em all

[@samiurkhan4362]

One of my favorites is the Howling 2015. A train crashed in a forest in UK where the werewolves hunt each passenger one by one. The only lore in it was that every 150 years this happens around the same place. I wish there was some origins as it was pretty unique

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

Loved that movie

[@makeupboss3568]

Now this was insanely interesting.

[@benparrish672]

I am The NashVillain I am a Viking-Zombie-Ninja-Vampire (Slayer, when needed) Lycanthropy or WereWolf curses are coo, I'd want to b a bipedal beast

[@odin1185]

William was so wasted in underworld. Guy was bound not able to move or eat for 100s of years then as soon as he gets out he gets killed. Would have been awesome to see what he was capable of

[@SWORDMASTER4567]

I know you usually don't cover animated series but it would be sick if you made a video about blood +

[@doc2green]

Please do a video on witches next, either from the salem show, motherland fort salem, secret circle, or the vampire diaries franchise. P.s. loved the video!

[@Jimmoieie]

Nice video

[@goosebxmps]

i loveeeee how you included the tvdu werewolf origins

[@shadowmoon3062]

Les gooo We got the werewolf vids 🐺

[@thecinnamonguy5127]

I respect your honorable mention. Van helsing hands down a great movie.

[@Perthpullers]

Hey bro, love your videos, as a long time watcher I was wondering if you could do a video on ( Dampyr ) it’s a newish movie, would awesome if you could do a break down on that!

[@angrysarcasm2229]

So, it's tough to admit that I know this, but werewolves in Twilight don't age, as long as they change into wolves regularly. Just pointing that out.

[@orcwarchiefreviews]

I like your videos I can't wait to see what you do with the vampires in anime quite a large number there

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Your chanel is good👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Because of the nature of Vampires, the list was more applicable. Even so, this was really fascinating, taking vampires and Werewolves from different franchises was interesting.

[@alternativeenigma5277]

Saw Klaus coming for sure. Didn't know if you'd count a hybrid but I knew William and Lucien would be on here

[@johnestell3442]

I’ll always tune in for my favorite monster!

[@martinlubbe9104]

I wish there was more ties to Norse mythology with Viking Wolf Garm was known as a Hound of Helheim the Norse underworld and they show images of Fenrir the child of Loki and some believe that they were the same creature I feel they could've done a lot with that concept

[@sayadiva123]

So happy you started with Teen Wolf as La Bete is the oldest documented werewolf. Still a great adaptation.

[@alisonsmith4436]

Thank you 😊

[@juggernaut6544]

I heard a fan theory about the Nordic wolf that the wolf in the beginning was king Lycaon or one of his sons from Greek mythology there was an other that said it was Cain from the book of genesis and that’s why he was locked in a monastery I kind of like the one that says it was king Lycaon personally

[@DOGGAMMA]

Werewolves are my favorite 🐺

[@wildghoul7485]

I'm a sucker for your werewolf content. Sometimes I'm busy while getting a notification of yours and I hurry up just so I can watch your videos. But I'll insist with every new video you make. Please check out The World of Darkness. It be amazing.

[@adaytoremember592]

You should definitely cover the lycanthropy of hackett's quarry from "the quarry" at some point

[@CowboyPrestige101]

I never connected that lycans and werewolves were different in the underworld series. I assumed it was just a natural degradation or adaptation of the biological component of the curse, depending on how you look at it

[@reecewhite5900]

So glad you mentioned Van Hellsing bcuz I was just thinking he would’ve been the perfect immortal werewolf 😂

[@echodude1000]

14:14 I have to correct you what you said here, William was not imprisoned for a century(100 years) but rather for over half a millennium(600+ years) as stated by Marcus in underworld evolution. Marcus to his father~ “and that petty sentiment explains why you rejected your sons? Why you stood by for over half a millennium as William suffered alone in darkness?!”

[@gyalsnextman4725]

Please do a full video series on all the Grimm supernaturals there’s got to be atleast a hundred different ones with different characteristics ie some bludbat look more wolf than others.

[@darkwarriormaster9644]

You should video(s) on hybrids. Vampire-werewolf hybrids, dhampirs, etc.

[@munnaali3603]

please can you talk about the original and The Vampire Diaries and Legacies

[@naturelover607]

Thanks for mentioning Klaus Mikaelson. He's awesome and Joseph Morgan played him so well.

[@kaijoseph3437]

Won’t lie I just reached the end and I loved it❤😅😅😊

[@Jay-ql4gp]

Nicholas Remy, played by Brian Thompson, from the 1987 tv series Werewolf, was over two thousand years old. It's hard to find these days though.

[@Svartalf14]

I' part of the 80%... of course I' ve not seen every Underworld movie, but I had no ideas that lycans were not the same as werewolves

[@evilpac2327]

The fisrt one reminded me of a movie i saw a long time ago, i think the name was "le pactes des loups". I think there were some werewolves, you should check it out.

[@schulzbrianr]

The English title is "Brotherhood of the Wolf", and it is great and has supernatural creatures/lore, but no werewolves.

[@coldconclusion1]

Just throwing this out there but Sauron, from The Lord Of The Rings, was the only werewolf mentioned in the books and he was thousands of years old.

[@TheLordofDarkness1995]

He actually wasn’t the only Werewolf mentioned, but he was described as the Father of Werewolves. Incidentally, given how detailed Tolkien was with his timeline, we actually know exactly how old Sauron was. If we count from the moment he descended into Arda until his defeat at the end of The Lord of the Rings, he was 54,966 years old. 😂

[@maiko4r]

hey Cogan! i might got a cool video idea, maybe you could cover the nickelodeon movie: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf this used to be one of my favorite movies growing up and i know that the movie itself has some lore behind it aswell

[@randumEntertainment]

You've basically covered all the vampires and werewolves I've grown up on. Except "Bad Moon" (1996) & "Wolf" (1994), I know you're always looking for requests, so I hope you'll check them out and give them a shot.

[@sungodra1409]

I really like this video. But this is just my opinion. The actual oldest Werewolf should’ve been Lycaon. Why? Because most of the werewolves were born around AD, meanwhile Lycaon was turned around BC in the time when Zeus & the Greek Gods roamed the earth which was mentioned in Teen Wolf.

[@johnnypitt6732]

The TV series “Werewolf” in the final few episodes some werewolves are at least 10,000 years old having been around before and during the last ice age. The main villain in the series Scozynsky was at least 2,000 years old and could control at least partly his transformations and retain his “human” mind. Younger w-wolves did not have that ability, it seemed to be gained over the years. It also seems the need to kill and eat humans is proportional to the “evil” of their soul, as the hero repeatedly avoided killing, or biting and transforming his adversary of the week. The eldest werewolf shown was very ancient having been ancient when he turned Scorzynsky and was incredibly strong even for a werewolf even in human form, was able to turn at will, or just transform his arm and hand. He also mentioned at weeding out the weak ie the werewolves who did not kill humans for food ensuring a more violent species.

[@werebear7764]

There were the Ageless werewolfs that do not age and this was told in a TV show called Werewolf - the main one was called Nicolas Remy - The Ageless: A side effect of being a werewolf is that you don't age. Remy is more than 2000 years old but looks like he's in his 30s. The exception is Skorzeny who Remy turned, says that Skorzeny has "a sickness brought about by his own evil" and is slowly but steadily aging. This would mean each werewolf in this show forms his or her life span depending on how they life thier life.

[@alpacamale2909]

03:08 brotherhood of the wold was based on this. Amazing movie.

[@nitrokid]

Yeah, it was hinted in Van Helsing that he might be an immortal or even a fallen angel, but he only turned into a werewolf recently in the story, temporarily too. What about Lycaeon? The original 'lycan' from Greek myth? He was cursed by Zeus or whatever. Not sure if he was in werewolf category but if so, surely one of the oldest in fiction.

[@adamofboise5147]

If you are including books, Bran of Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson series, who is said to have inspired Grendel from Beowulf. He is probably around 1500 years old.

[@blackandblackpilled]

Valid video

[@daviddiaz529]

I liked the 1986 Twilight Zone episode "Need to know/Red Snow. Also, the Cajun Werewolves Loup Garou/Rougaroo. Turning into a Werewolf for breaking Lent. Then there's Lou Garou from Wolf Cop

[@frankiealbertgainard5303]

Your in my top 3 youtubers

[@markus1574]

Evening Mr.lollins I was wondering if you’ve heard of a vampire film Kolchak “The Night Stalker.” It’s a hidden gem for collectors of Vampyre film culture enthusiasts. These days anyway.

[@Kenny-pn3wf]

The reason "the beast"look like that is because in teen wolf the werewolf curse was created by zeus from the greek myth of lycaon(divine lightning/electricity)and the werewolf shape and powers are a reflection of the mental state and Sebastian was a serial killer long before he was a werewolf so in universe is his body didn't have the physical mass to reflect his mind so it draws energy from the telluric currents running through the earth(electricity)and turns that energy into mass,0his body is physical but still energy thats why they described him as solid but shapeless

[@MrDj232]

If you're willing to branch out to video games the werewolf lord from Castlevania: Lords of Shadows is probably thousands of years old. I don't remember a specific time frame being given but it's implied that history no longer remembers a time before the Lords of Shadows existed.

[@revaniac]

Finally someone who clarifies the difference between lycans and werewolfs of Underworld: Lycans are like dogs while werewolfs or wiliam's breed are the Wolfs 👍👍👍

[@anonymousontheinternet4486]

What's the name of the song you use at the end of your videos. It gives me a mixed feeling of nostalgia and melancholy. Idk why.

[@sufianabuahmad7781]

Man I'd love to get creative input from him in my own fantasy book

[@ThePopcornpassport]

I dig this channel. If your looking f good inspiration I'd suggest checking out a movie called the Night Flyer. A pretty good vampire movie 🍿🍿🍿

[@benparrish672]

I always thought Zeus was responsible for creating the original WereWolf curse. If ur a pagan, do Not break the Law of Hospitality! Vampyr > WereWolf What's the diff between WereWolves & Lycans? Are there Dire-WereWolves? If so they'd be even larger & more powerful.

[@ChrisShook-xp5dm]

There is a werewolf possibly older than William. The Morok was turned sometime before the Arthurian legends.