Myths, Legends, & Lore: 15th-17th Century Europe, Accusations of Witchcraft & Werewolves?

Oh my goodness, as if our history couldn’t get any ridiculous, I have to go and stumble across accounts of werewolf accusations and prosecutions. What has the Church done this time?

My theory:

It is my theory that when it comes to the poisonous “magical” salve that some of the accused were given in France 1521, was that these men were given hallucinogenics which made them believe that they were blood sucking, meat hungry werewolves. Think about it, these “men in black” who “work for Satan” tell these men they will be all powerful superhuman foodfinding werewolves, then give them the salve and boom, their own minds play a major trick on them and they go out on a killing spree. Thoughts? Theories?

As for the wolf Vikings, I just think that the story got out of hand. I believe that these wolf Vikings would feel as though they could channel the energy and embody the mad hungry wolves and get their blood pumping for some war that, they actually believe and psych themselves out into thinking they are as powerful as the wolves they admire so much. Thoughts? Theories?

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/werewolf-trials-europe-witches

Mythical Beasts: Call of the Werewolf. Season 1, Ep. 9. Discovery Plus. 2018.