It seems today I have to school some people, so for all of those who think Jacob is a werewolf, well your wrong and Meyer is an Idiot. There is a huge difference although they have the same beginning which is the word lycanthrope from the Greek man-wolf. There are legends of the were-beasts dating back to Mesopotamia but the Greeks put a real name to it.

Fast-forward within the realms of Europe, the were aspect of the lycan, or should I say the anthromorphic aspect (walks on two legs , talks ect) was given super strength, great speeds, and the ability to procreate on the full moon because that is when the beast inside the man can no longer contain itself. Because it is a separate species and a cross species it was not intended to procreate naturally thus its zombie like plague spreading through scratches and bites. It takes extreme measures to kill a were beasts, complete dismemberment, beheading, have to completely burn them and the purity of silver but only through the heart and no where else. Natural enemy of the vampire, living dead versus embodiments of nature.

The lycan (Jacob from twilight) is a culmination of the Greeks shape shifter and Native American mythology shape shifters. The Lycan can transform into a wolf, it is both beast and man but not a combination of both, it is one or the other. It has the abilities of a man when it is a man, and it has the ability of a wolf when it is a wolf. It has no anthromorphic design and it breeds normally as a man and passes the ability on through its genetics that is it that is all. You can kill a shape shifter as easily as a man.

There is a difference; they are not the same thing and clearly JACOB IS NOT A WEREWOLF