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lycantrophy

Lycanthropy is the state in which a werewolf finds him or herself: that of turning into a fearsome and deadly near-wolf.In an interview, J. K. Rowling has stated that she used lycanthropy as a metaphor for HIV in the Harry Potter novels.

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