Though not witches, these creatures were "tried" in Europe in the 1600s, after many people probably suffered porphyria.
A character of this type rips off his wife's nose after she has a knight steal his clothing in Marie de France's lay "Bisclavret." Sigmund and his son Sinfjotli are cursed with this punishment after trying on some magical skins in the Volsung Saga. Navajo "skin-walkers" are analogues to these creatures. After he served human meat to Zeus, a Greek man not named Tantalus was cursed with this punishment. Though not witches, these creatures were "tried" in Europe in the 1600s, after many people probably suffered porphyria. Their name derives from Lycaon in Greek myth. For 10 points, a silver bullet is the way to kill what people cursed to shapeshift during a full moon?
A character of this type rips off his wife's nose after she has a knight steal his clothing in Marie de France's lay "Bisclavret."
werewolves [or lycanthropes; or people who turn into wolves; or "the thing that Remus Lupin turns into"; prompt on "shapeshifters" or similar answers; do not accept "wolves"]