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Where did it come from that lycanthropy transfer by bite?

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Where did it come from that lycanthropy transfer by bite

In ancient, medieval and renaissance sources the only way to become a werewolf is to be cursed by gods or by the use of magic, but in contemporary popular culture lycanthropy transfers by a bite. When and where did this "belief" emerge?