We answered your werewolf questions (Part 2)

Here are some more answers from us, Rayne and I (Wolf Girl Night) who answered questions about werewolves. I'm adding out answers in different colours. We will hope to have been quite interesting.

Question: A werewolf is a man at his paramount best and worst. How would you describe its female version?

Rayne - Werewolves are traditionally seen as men. There are female werewolves. In answer to your question, a shewolf can be a woman at her paramount best and worst. Watch “Gingersnaps” and the link with female puberty, menstrual cycle and werewolves.
Wolf Girl Night - It would be the same for a female. Among werewolves there are males and females.

Question: Why am I attracted to male werewolves even though they do not exist?

Rayne - Sorry but I’m not sure what you mean. You mention that you’re “attractive” to male werewolves but then go onto say that they “do not exist”. Either you’re attracting men who look like werewolves (big, hairy, macho, sharp teeth, animalistic) or you’re saying that in fiction you’re drawn to male werewolves. If you mean that you’re “attracted to” male werewolves, then that’s perfectly understandable and normal. Some girls like wolfy men! There is the saying that women go for bad boys because of the Dark Triad idea in psychology. Other than that, you’re not much different to all of the women who like vampires but you like werewolf men.
Wolf Girl Night - Because you're a weirdo. No one should be attracted to male werewolves, as they are extremely dangerous. 

Question: Why are so many modern vampire and werewolf stories wrapped around sex and romance?

Rayne - It removes the horror element from vampires and werewolves. Always werewolves are associated with evil, slaying of innocent people and being eaten by werewolves. Werewolves have had a very bad reputation for centuries now. It’s been a favourite in horror, scary, video nasties and nightmares. So it’s kind of going through a metamorphis and changing its image. Werewolves are becoming heroic and attractive, instead of creepy, scary and frightening. It’s the times that’s changed.
Wolf Girl Night - It's the sign of the times. 

Question: Why is werewolf fiction so popular, while there are no werecats or other animals?

Rayne - Mostly because wolves are often associated with the full moon, and not cats and other animals. The full moon is often the main focus of the werewolf stories, because it happens in cycles. Werewolves have been a main part of European folklore of many countries for many thousands of years. It’s found with the Lyceons of Greek mythology and the ferocious Viking warriors Ulfhednar. The Vikings also had Berserker warriors that were bearlike, although it could be traced to ancient prehistoric bear cults. Apart from wolves, the werebears are less known. Bears haven’t been much of a threat towards people as packs of wolves have. Wolves have been always linked to death, and show up during the most desperate times. The age old saying “keeping the wolf from the door” means to have enough food and not go starving. It’s got to be mentioned that wolves have appeared in streets during times of famine and plague when so many people died. The unburied dead became food for the animals. Werewolves are also in folklore all around the world. The traditions of the Native Americans respect the Wolf as a teacher and the Wolf is part of the Medicine Wheel. However, the darker side is when that force is used in witchcraft and dangerous people transform into werewolves. The Skinwalker legends are similar to werewolves. Wolves have a good reputation in some places. The people from the Steppes and far East of Europe, Mongolia and even parts of China believe that they descend from divine wolves. That werewolf belief is actually mystical as opposed to scary. The Japanese farmers had shrines dedicated to wolves, who they believed were guardians and protectors of the land and folk. The people gave offerings in the way of food. It’s in the Abrahamic faiths that the wolf is regarded as a demon so lots of werewolf fiction is influenced by the religious beliefs, upbringing and interests of the authors. Oh and cats aren’t considered frightening.

Wolf Girl Night - Firstly werecats and other were type animals have appeared in a lot of fiction. There are a lot of films that I can think of with lycanthrope creatures other than werewolves. Kitsune or werefoxes are popular. Werecats though mean the Big Cat varieties have such very huge popularity. Its just that other thing other kinds of lycanthropes such as the cats are not regarded as scary monsters like the werewolves. A lot of were-animals (other than wolves) are magical creatures, or superheroes and super villains. Before anyone says his name, Wolverine isn't a werewolf. Wolverines are a mustelidae species, relating to weasels and badgers. Wolverines don't belong to the canis lupis groups. For this reason, werewolves have more appeal to the dark side and horror genre.       

I'll leave it here for now. I will post some more another time. 
Howls ^^   

We answered your werewolf questions (Part 1)

Here are some answers from Rayne Belladonna and I (Wolf Girl Night) who answered questions about werewolves. It was quite fun.

Question: Do werewolves really exist?

Rayne - There is one way of discovering that. Honestly don’t do it. Go to your nearest wildlife nature reserve, the biggest forest you can find. Cruise around on your car for a while in the evenings until nightfall. Make sure you fill up your engine with enough fuel as you don’t want to run low.
Wolf Girl Night - Yes they do. All you need to do is research it in your library and you'll come across real life cases. There are reports of strange sightings of dog headed people called Dogmen. Start in the cryptid section, and work your way into history and crime statistics. Find out about real werewolves and you'll often come across infamous killers or animals that terrified local residents. Look at what happens during a full moon and what the police have stated. Check out many subjects on berserkers and wolf headed warriors. Look for articles about the mysterious cynocephaly.

Question: Why are white werewolves born?

Rayne - They just become born. There isn’t a “why” because colour can appear in some werewolves and not in others. Maybe this has something to do with the personality or the traits of the individual werewolf. I don’t believe that for one minute that white werewolves mean they’re all females because this isn’t true. In horror films, female werewolves tend to be white as in “Ginger Snaps” and “Blood and Chocolate”. White associated with feminine innocence and bridal gowns, often the reason female werewolves are white in films. There are male white werewolves with supernatural and abnormal traits as you would find in “Wolf’s Rain” and as in the case of Jon Snow’s Ghost direwolf in “Game of Thrones”. White wolves are often linked with snow and the arctic, Winter season and the far north. White werewolves then are not all female and not all of them are from snowy icy terrains. They can be the blondes of the pack (family) or the mystics.
Wolf Girl Night - This is a vague question. Most werewolves are born human, and the majority of lycanthropes become wolves during a full moon. If you want to look for werewolf children, then go no further than your TV and select a cartoon channel. Werewolves come in different colours, but they are ingrained in folklore tradition pretty much all over the world.

Question: Is there a werewolf equivalent of Dracula?

Rayne - There isn’t really but you will find a load of werewolf heartthrobs in paranormal romances. “Teen Wolf” ()the TV series) with Tyler Posey as Scott Mccall, is sort of the werewolf who is nice. In “Twilight” there is Taylor Lautner as werewolf Jacob Black. Jason Behr in “Skinwalkers” is considered a hot werewolf. Mason Lockwood in “Vampire Diaries”. The werewolf Alcide Herveax in “True Blood”.
Wolf Girl Night - There are a few heart throb werewolves. Those are Jacob Black of Twilight, Scott McCall as played by Tyler Posey in Teen Wolf, Alcide Herveaux of True Blood and Lucian Greymark of Shadow Hunters.

Question: If a dragon and a werewolf had a baby, what would it look like and what would it be called?  

Rayne - Different species can’t breed. A dragon is not the same species as a werewolf. Basically a dragon is a type of reptile. A werewolf is sort of a canidae and a human. Wolves and humans are different breeds entirely but a werewolf is a monster. Perhaps the only time this is possible to breed a dragon and a werewolf is when the dragon takes human form and mates with a werewolf. Then you’re going to have to think that the dragon is a shapeshifter who can turn human. When dragon and werewolf are in their human forms, they can breed. The result would be a type of hybrid called something like Chimera.
Wolf Girl Night - I would call it FFS!

Hope you enjoyed reading our replies. I will post some more soon.
Enjoy the hot Summer!
Howls ^^

Thriller series 4 ep2 "Nurse Will Make It Better"

Unlike previous reviews I've made, this one is a review of one of the best episodes from a British TV series called Thriller that was made during the 1970's. It was an ATV (Associated Television) series made by Brian Clemens. Nurse Will Make It Better is the second episode from series 4. It stars Diana Dors, Michael Culver, Patrick Troughton and Ed Bishop.
Also the entire series is worth checking out and binge watching.
The whole Thriller series is underrated and just brilliant little gems, about different stories from crime to the paranormal. Each episode is different but this particular episode, Nurse Will Make It Better, is one of the scariest.
An injured bed ridden girl is so angry that she frightens away the nurse, so a new one arrives in the eccentric form of Bessy Morne. When the patient is miraculously healed, strange things happen and the family are clueless, except the sister of the girl who had the injury becomes suspicious when the household dog dies. Bessy is keeping a certain "box of tricks" in her room and she knows when someone pokes around to look inside of it because she's not just an ordinary nurse.
I roll out an 8/10 for this.
Not a horror film but this TV episode comes close to it.

Howls ^^

Meet the gorilla crow

Now for something light hearted and weird.
All over the internet is a video of a crow that looks and acts like a tiny gorilla.
Is this a sign of hybrid animals spawning up all over the world? Or is it just a freak of nature? Well have a look at this small clip and judge for yourselves before continuing to read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TJuJD5stk8

The reason is that according to experts, crows like to rest in the sun by sitting on a folded flap of their wings! This has made the perfect impression. That crow isn't going to fight helicopters on top of the Empire State Building anytime soon!

LOL
Howls ^^

Goddess Athena and Medusa

Many people believe that the goddess of art and wisdom punished a rape victim. The story of Medusa is the one that most people are aware of, that she was a priestess raped by Poseidon in the temple of Athena. She was transformed into a monster by an "angry" Athena, according to this story. It's the later version by the Roman poet Ovid, written this some time between 43 BCE and 17 CE.
Medusa as a character has been around since ancient Greece and had always been a monstrous gorgon. She was born that way and had gorgon sisters called Sthenno and Euryale.
Early worship of Athena was as a snake goddess. She's also linked to weaving and spinning. Again there is another story about her changing a beautiful mortal woman named Arachne. In that story, Arachne made works of weaving art and the goddess destroyed it, followed by Arachne committing suicide. Athena felt deeply sad for her, so she brought her back to life in the form of a spider. This was done out of remorse and not as a punishment. It shows here that Arachne was given a chance to live again to continue weaving by spinning webs. This is also a story about reincarnation.
Going back to Medusa, the later version by Ovid that seems popular today has demonised the goddess Athena. If people want to take that version literally, instead of seeing Athena as a cruel goddess punishing a woman for getting raped, maybe consider that Athena was doing Medusa a favour. Athena gave Medusa the power, because Medusa could blind people just by looking at them. She was so frightening that she would never be attacked again!


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Admin change over

This blog will now have a couple of admins for a while, myself Wolf Girl Night, and Rayne. I will post a link to my other blog. It's called Path of Werewolves.

Wolf Girl Night's blog link to Path of Werewolves and come visit there.
Eventually the link to that will appear in this blog's list.

Howls ^^