Tarantism and lycanthropy are examples of:

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Tarantism and lycanthropy are historical examples of mass hysteria or mass psychogenic illness, where groups of people exhibit similar hysterical symptoms either simultaneously or over a period. Tarantism was a form of dancing mania reported in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, believed to be caused by the bite of a tarantula, leading to frenzied dancing as a cure. Lycanthropy is the supernatural belief of a human turning into a wolf, seen in various cultures and often associated with psychological conditions today. Neither is directly related to exorcism, specific physical pathologies, or treated with trephination (a surgical intervention where a hole is drilled into the human skull).

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