It is believed that on the night of a full moon, especially if it fell on a Friday, the seventh son in a family of all boys, after he reached the age of 13, would transform into the luison. It was perhaps interaction with European colonists that transformed this myth overtime, as the luizon changed from a God of Death into a werewolf. He also had frightening eyes and the stench of death and decay around him. His face was long and pale, and much of his body was covered with long dirty hair. In the original story, the luison is said to be the God of Death and had a horrendous figure. In Guarani mythology, the luison was the seventh and youngest offspring of Tau, an evil spirit, and Kerana, a mortal woman. The myth of the luison originates with the Guarani, an indigenous group of people from Paraguay. This creature exists in the mythology of South America, particularly in the countries of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
According to one superstition, the seventh son in a family of all boys is prone to fall victim to a curse that would turn him into a luison (or lobizon or lobisomen). Not all the gifts of the seventh son of a seventh son are so benign, however. ( Maya Kruchancova /Adobe Stock) Or is it a Curse? In Ireland, the seventh son of a seventh son was said to be gifted with the power to heal diseases. In Ireland, the seventh son of a seventh son is also believed to have the power to foretell the future, in addition to his healing abilities.
Some doctors in previous centuries even claim that one of their qualities that made them great healers was that they were the seventh son of a seventh son. The seventh son must be preceded by six brothers, with no sisters born in between, and whose father is also such a seventh son. Such a child is said to be gifted with the power to heal diseases. In European folklore, the seventh son of a seventh son is believed to possess special powers. ( Public Domain ) Healing Powers of the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son In the Greek myth of the Pleiades, a group of seven sisters were transformed into a cluster of stars, and were chased by a man seen in the Orion stars.
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