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- Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:30 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: A beautiful werewolf?
- Replies: 119
- Views: 79347
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...
- Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:42 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Could a werewolf family be sophisticated?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29045
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...
- 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: 52028
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...
- Wed May 19, 2010 8:48 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Question about other shape-shifters...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12936
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...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: "America's Wolfman"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7497
"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...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:18 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: A werewolf Valentine's Day
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3247
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...
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:02 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Feeling of Fur Growth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6388
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...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:55 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: You're Take On Those Who Believe
- Replies: 75
- Views: 44761
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 "...
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Cure
- Replies: 54
- Views: 22357
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
Of course, the "werewolf" described in the article actually has porphyria. See
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/200 ... a_werewolf
- Sun Nov 23, 2008 3:24 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21415
- Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:21 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21415
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...
- Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Lets talk about fear and lycanthropy
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21415
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...
- Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: The Satyricon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7776
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...
- Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:25 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Wolves in Heraldry
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8936
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...
- Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:08 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Wolves in Heraldry
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8936
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:32 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Info on Weresharks/Wereoctopi?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4513
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...
- Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:50 pm
- Forum: Film & TV Shows
- Topic: Golden Compass- Soon at a cinema near you
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8200
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:49 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: 2 legs and/or 4?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 24748
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...
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 5:22 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Need help finding a werewolf host god
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17447
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...
- Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:47 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Other Werecreatures....
- Replies: 41
- Views: 13713
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...
- Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:18 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Beast of Bray Road, Real or not real???
- Replies: 32
- Views: 27970
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...
- Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:04 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Ancient Indo-European animal beliefs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3210
>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-...
- Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:23 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: The Beast of Bray Road: a modern sighting
- Replies: 57
- Views: 42986
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
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news ... etail.html
Also see
http://www.cnb-scene.com/braybearwolf.html
- Sat Nov 18, 2006 10:43 pm
- Forum: Werewolf Legends & Lore
- Topic: Silver??
- Replies: 35
- Views: 26721
- Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:28 pm
- Forum: What should a werewolf be?
- Topic: Werewolf color vision?
- Replies: 85
- Views: 38106
>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 ...