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by RedWolf
Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:30 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: A beautiful werewolf?
Replies: 119
Views: 74991

Re: A beautiful werewolf?

While not about "werewolves," the first book of "The Hunger Games" trilogy did have "wolf muttations" in an important scene. In the movie adapted from the book, it appears that the initial draft involved horrifying part-human, part-canine creatures. See http://io9.com/5...
by RedWolf
Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:42 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Could a werewolf family be sophisticated?
Replies: 37
Views: 27001

Re: Could a werewolf family be sophisticated?

>he other drawback would be that deliberately pulling a 180 on a trope can generate just as many groans and eye-rolls from an audience to all of the tropes straight down to the details can . . . . What about using a variant version of the trope? For example, mythology regarding werebears seems to be...
by RedWolf
Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:22 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: When did the idea of non evil werewolves come from?
Replies: 61
Views: 46084

Re: When did the idea of non evil werewolves come from?

Regarding the previous post about Classical werewolf stories, the "Henry VIII Wolfman" novel, published in July, refers to lycanthropes in England as "Arcadians." This is a reference to the ancient Greek myth that shapeshifters could transform into wolves in the "Arcadia&quo...
by RedWolf
Wed May 19, 2010 8:48 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Question about other shape-shifters...
Replies: 16
Views: 10900

Re: Question about other shape-shifters...

>This was a story that came from Thailand Is this another version of the story? http://miculturelink.h-net.msu.edu/curricula/graphics/icons/hmongquiltlg.jpg The Hmong people live in northern Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. According to some websites, Hmong mythology often features weretigers. Th...
by RedWolf
Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:40 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: "America's Wolfman"
Replies: 3
Views: 5708

"America's Wolfman"

This tale appears somewhat similar to "The Beast of Bray Road" from Wisconsin: >Date Set for “American Wolfman” >The History Channel has posted a premiere date for “American Wolfman,” which is the final title for the Michigan Dogman episode. The show will air on Wednesday, March 24th, at 9...
by RedWolf
Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:18 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: A werewolf Valentine's Day
Replies: 5
Views: 3118

Re: A werewolf Valentine's Day

>What are a werewolf's Valentine's Day traditions? Why not use the original Roman name for February 14th? Lupercalia ("Wolf Festival") The Ides of February were sacred to the wolf-god Lupercus. During the Lupercalia, Roman ceremonies were held in the Lupercal, the cave where Romulus and Re...
by RedWolf
Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:02 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Feeling of Fur Growth
Replies: 12
Views: 6031

Re: Ankles

>That's a misconception; the backwards "knees" are actually ankles I saw a backward knee CGI animation in "An American Werewolf in Paris" but don't think it looked very plausible as it added an extra joint to the legs. My morph experiments have focused on elongation of the leg bo...
by RedWolf
Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: You're Take On Those Who Believe
Replies: 75
Views: 39081

Re: You're Take On Those Who Believe

>Burden of proof, teapot, pink unicorn etc etc How about a weregoat story? >>Police parade goat as robbery suspect >>Demola Akinyemi, The Vanguard, 23 January 2009 >>It was a shocking sight yesterday as men of the Kwara State Police Command paraded a goat as an armed robbery suspect. The goat "...
by RedWolf
Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:35 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Cure
Replies: 54
Views: 21369

Re: Cure

A rather laughable article suggests that giving up alcohol is a cure for lycanthropy. :?

Of course, the "werewolf" described in the article actually has porphyria. See
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/200 ... a_werewolf
by RedWolf
Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:21 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy
Replies: 54
Views: 20439

Re: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy

>Technically Redwolf, Stoker implies that werewolves and vampires are the same critter in the Dracula verse. How would you define as a "werewolf" then? While a recent movie featured a "Wolf Dracula," http://www.matthewwmungle.com/pages/exhibitimage/dracula---wolf-creature.jpg, co...
by RedWolf
Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:48 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy
Replies: 54
Views: 20439

Re: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy

>I have no problems with furries, really. I like them, actually. But in my mind, there is some kind of undescribable line between a "wolf furry" and a werewolf. Technically speaking, most werewolves are wolf furries. Are you sure? Something like the original "Wolf Man" is clearly...
by RedWolf
Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:22 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: The Satyricon
Replies: 6
Views: 6051

Re: The Satyricon

What do you think is the oldest English-language story that mentions lycanthropy? I would guess that "The Duchess of Malfi," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duchess_of_Malfi, a John Webster play that was first performed at the Globe Theatre in London in 1614 might qualify. Here's an excer...
by RedWolf
Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:25 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Wolves in Heraldry
Replies: 2
Views: 7302

Re: Wolves in Heraldry

Here are some more websites that I found tonight: Rampant Wolf: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~heraldry/picture21.gif Irish wolf crest from the 18th century: http://www.spencermarks.com/assets/images/I321_crest.jpg McQuillan Arms (Ireland) http://mcquillans.net/assets/images/mcquilla...
by RedWolf
Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:08 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Wolves in Heraldry
Replies: 2
Views: 7302

Wolves in Heraldry

by RedWolf
Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:32 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Info on Weresharks/Wereoctopi?
Replies: 6
Views: 4435

Weresharks

In Greek mythology, gods regularly turned humans into animals as a form of punishment. For example: >The boy Akheilos (the Lipless One) was transformed into a shark by the goddess Aphrodite. [http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Lamia.html] >>Wrath - Hubristic Boasts >>AKHILLEUS A Libyan boy of extraordinary b...
by RedWolf
Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:50 pm
Forum: Film & TV Shows
Topic: Golden Compass- Soon at a cinema near you
Replies: 19
Views: 7915

Given that "The Golden Compass" hasn't been successful at the box office, the odds of "The Subtle Knife" becoming a film aren't too good. If you like ursine themes, according to http://slashdot.org/articles/07/12/18/1641234.shtml, two movies based on "The Hobbit" are no...
by RedWolf
Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:49 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: 2 legs and/or 4?
Replies: 64
Views: 24099

Two Legs or Four ?

>I think running on fours will give them more speed than if they are on two. As for the legs. I think they will be on their fours most of the time unless they want to reach for something which they cant reach or they want to use their claws during a fight than they will be on two. What about enduran...
by RedWolf
Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:22 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Need help finding a werewolf host god
Replies: 17
Views: 15345

Turkish Wolf Lore

Here are some websites: 1) http://aton.ttu.edu/Central_Asias_New_Dastans.asp >CENTRAL ASIAN SURVEY (Oxford)Vol. 6, No. 1, 1987. Pp. 75-92. >CENTRAL ASIA'S NEW DASTANS, H. B. Paksoy >The Wolf Motif From Ergenekon and Oghuz Kagan . . . . >Ergenekon is the name of a valley which became a secluded homel...
by RedWolf
Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:47 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Other Werecreatures....
Replies: 41
Views: 13387

Were-Deer

>I'd rather run into a werewolf than a were-deer (especially a buck) as the werewolf if it just ate may just hide away but the deer mixed with human size, the supernatural enhanced strength and such beyond the animal that most werekin have, and the mixed agression and seriously effed up instincts be...
by RedWolf
Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:18 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Beast of Bray Road, Real or not real???
Replies: 32
Views: 24745

Wisconsin Werewolves

Possibly inspired by the "Beast of Bray Road" and other Wisconsin legends, an man recently arrested in Fond du Lac claimed to be a werewolf: Here's the original story from the Fond du Lac Reporter. http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070305/FON0101/703050357 The story h...
by RedWolf
Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:04 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Ancient Indo-European animal beliefs
Replies: 2
Views: 3149

>I thought this might be interesting to mention here. Anybody have something >to add? I'd love to learn more on this subject! >I've done a bit of reading on the topic of lycanthropy and such because of my >interest in TF, and since I also really enjoy linguistics, I've been trying to >compare human-...
by RedWolf
Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:23 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: The Beast of Bray Road: a modern sighting
Replies: 57
Views: 38527

Do you think the "bear-wolf" might be related to the Bray Road beast?

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news ... etail.html

Also see
http://www.cnb-scene.com/braybearwolf.html
by RedWolf
Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:43 pm
Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
Topic: Silver??
Replies: 35
Views: 23574

I found a website tonight that supposedly was about the "Medieval European Werewolf" http://www.eclipse.net/~rms/me-were.html However, I spotted a problem in its initial section, an excerpt from Milton's poem "Lycidas." Although the poem describes the "grim wolf with privy p...
by RedWolf
Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:28 pm
Forum: What should a werewolf be?
Topic: Werewolf color vision?
Replies: 85
Views: 36985

>I just saw Wolfen. In one scene, a zoologist describes to a detective >wolf sensory abilities, and describes a vision range from about 200-900 >nanometers--bordering on ultraviolet to bordering on infrared . . . I've >confirmed better night vision through more rods and less cones. But, >nothing on ...