Welsh Werewolf Folklore

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:10 pm

I found the following article online. It is an excerpt from a book about ghosts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/gu ... wolf.shtml

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Thu May 26, 2005 3:33 pm

Cool story...

Searif · Post by **Searif** » Thu May 26, 2005 4:31 pm

Yeah i saw this too, why dont they just give this "unknown" wolf speices a diffrent name then were-wolf, so its not confused

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:22 pm

Yeah i saw this too, why dont they just give this "unknown" wolf speices a diffrent name then were-wolf, so its not confused

The reason is because this is werewolf folklore, just distorted through time. People retell their old tales with a different spin. As Europeans began being ashamed of their werewolf folklore, they began reinterpreting old tales. "Werewolves" were said to be unusual-looking wolves with a taste for human flesh, instead of people who changed into wolves. There were also other explanations given. For example, I've come across quite a number of American werewolf legends where some cryptozoologist is hell-bent on interpreting it as a Bigfoot, even when the creature is clearly established in local folklore as a werewolf.
You might compare it to certain fairy abduction legends that have shown up with practically no changes, but now being interpreted as aliens. I'm sorry, but if it looks like a little old man in green trousers, lives in a fairy hill, has magic powers that align perfectly with fairy lore, and doesn't have a spaceship, it is still a fairy!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:58 am

Well, the novel version of Wolfen was about such a species, actually, and they were called, guess what, Wolfen

Or Canis lupus sapiens, scientificly.

Cassandra · Post by **Cassandra** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:47 am

hmmmmm....im getting more and more interested by the moment!

Black Shuck · Post by **Black Shuck** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:43 pm

Me too! I've heard of the Bray Road Beast and one in France, but never this Welsh one- I like it!

I believe in the French one I heard about somwone actually shot it and had it stuffed and it was display for awhile until it disappeared. The building caught on fire or someone stole it something...I can't remember. Quite interesting reading the comments on that site though

23Jarden · Post by **23Jarden** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:08 pm

You don't get much from Google you have to look
Welsh? I like the Welsh...