A blessed wolf
A blessed wolf
I recently found out that we have a local story about the first priest who came to town, and only managed to convert the people living here after he had blessed a werewolf, who immediately turned back into a human and was cured.
A neat trick that makes you wonder why it was necessary to kill any werewolves at all.
A neat trick that makes you wonder why it was necessary to kill any werewolves at all.
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dont know about taht. even if u are a lycanthrope and a priest can cure u of it, whether a curse or soemthing else, i think some lycans would go to a certain church looking for it while others would just stay away from it entirely.
Werewolves are seen as cold blood killers to some. In my eyes we're all part of this world and must be accepted not rejected or driven away.
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I know this is an old post, but I am really intrigued by this local folktale. What is the town? And where is the image from-- a mural/reproduction illuminated manuscript? I'd love to learn more about this story.Nomuh wrote:I recently found out that we have a local story about the first priest who came to town, and only managed to convert the people living here after he had blessed a werewolf, who immediately turned back into a human and was cured.
A neat trick that makes you wonder why it was necessary to kill any werewolves at all.
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According to the legends surrounding St. Francis of Asisi; there was a Wolf who was bothering a village and the Saint intervened.
He made an agreement with the Wolf that in return for not eating the sheep and slow villagers, the vilage would feed him; and supposedly the whole thing was recorded by the town's Notary.
Some versions of the story even have the Wolf attending Mass on a regular basis, and treating the people of the viillage as his packmates.
That might work on Werewolves, too.
If anyone's interested, I'll dig up the citation for you.
He made an agreement with the Wolf that in return for not eating the sheep and slow villagers, the vilage would feed him; and supposedly the whole thing was recorded by the town's Notary.
Some versions of the story even have the Wolf attending Mass on a regular basis, and treating the people of the viillage as his packmates.
That might work on Werewolves, too.
If anyone's interested, I'll dig up the citation for you.
RedEye: The Wulf and writer who might really be a Kitsune...
I know there's a version of the story here: http://www.americancatholic.org/Feature ... es.asp#wol . For some unknown reason I bookmarked it when I read it, can't remember what I was researching at the time though. Hope the link's useful.
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sounds like a plan. lolRedEye wrote:According to the legends surrounding St. Francis of Asisi; there was a Wolf who was bothering a village and the Saint intervened.
He made an agreement with the Wolf that in return for not eating the sheep and slow villagers, the vilage would feed him; and supposedly the whole thing was recorded by the town's Notary.
Some versions of the story even have the Wolf attending Mass on a regular basis, and treating the people of the viillage as his packmates.
That might work on Werewolves, too.
If anyone's interested, I'll dig up the citation for you.
Reading an distributing copies of "The Werewolf's Guide to Life: a Manuel for the newly bitten" Help, where it's needed.
That would be much appreciated!RedEye wrote:If anyone's interested, I'll dig up the citation for you.
I'm also still trying to figure out where the image in the original post is from. If you have any ideas, please share!
" 'Marietta says that we must not be hasty. [...] They will hunt by daylight, which offers no threat to us. And then, soon, she believes that they will come to their senses. But I remember the hunt, and I can't share her faith.' "
--"Nadya" by Pat Murphy, p.88
--"Nadya" by Pat Murphy, p.88
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Midnight beat me to it. Look at his link.
In fact, I believe there is a statue in Gubbio today, honoring that wolf and supposedly marking its grave.
That was one smart wolf; it no longer had to hunt for food. Wolf psychology suggests that said wolf might even have "adopted" the town as its ersatz "Pack".
Now if we could only get that concept made real: Feed Wolves and they won't kill your cattle, etc. Why work for food if the Smoothskins provide it for free?
In fact, I believe there is a statue in Gubbio today, honoring that wolf and supposedly marking its grave.
That was one smart wolf; it no longer had to hunt for food. Wolf psychology suggests that said wolf might even have "adopted" the town as its ersatz "Pack".
Now if we could only get that concept made real: Feed Wolves and they won't kill your cattle, etc. Why work for food if the Smoothskins provide it for free?
RedEye: The Wulf and writer who might really be a Kitsune...
Sorry I didn't quite catch you. Are you saying this does, or doesn't, work in real life?RedEye wrote:Feed Wolves and they won't kill your cattle, etc.
Granted there's all kinds of different behavioral things wrong with feeding wild wolves, and it's probably a bad idea. But this seems like it would work, at least for a little while.
Now just to solve the mystery of that image... contemporary reproduction of an illuminated manuscript, mural...? I've been Googling but haven't yet been able to place it. Thanks for the tip on Gubbio.RedEye wrote:Midnight beat me to it. Look at his link.
In fact, I believe there is a statue in Gubbio today, honoring that wolf and supposedly marking its grave.
The person who originally posted is based in Scandinavia (I think?) which makes me wonder how that tale was translated to be "local" if it originated with St. Francis...
" 'Marietta says that we must not be hasty. [...] They will hunt by daylight, which offers no threat to us. And then, soon, she believes that they will come to their senses. But I remember the hunt, and I can't share her faith.' "
--"Nadya" by Pat Murphy, p.88
--"Nadya" by Pat Murphy, p.88