Luison and the presidential godchild
The Luison (lobizón) is the seventh son of Tau and Kerana and a werewolf of Guaraní and Argentine folklore; the popular belief that a seventh son turns into one is linked to Argentina's custom of the president becoming godfather to seventh sons.
1907 CE · -27.47, -58.83 · status: legend
The account
According to the usual account, the custom began in 1907 under President José Figueroa Alcorta, as an imported immigrant tradition, and Law 20.843 of 1974 made it official, also granting a scholarship. Folklore says the custom protected seventh sons from rejection or worse, though the law itself never mentions werewolves. The pin marks Corrientes, a heartland of lobizón stories.
The sceptical view
Historians dispute the werewolf origin of the godparent custom, which is better explained by the European tradition of royal godparenthood for seventh sons.