Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Werewolf month is here!

The wolf. Ancient symbol of the moon and sometime representative of the fertility powers of the planet Venus, otherwise known as the morning star or the dog star. Throughout human history the wolf has been ubiquitous in the collective popular myth and folklore of man's various cultures. In ancient Egypt, the dog-headed Anubis is the god who introduced writing to the people. The twin founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were suckled during infancy by a she-wolf. From court records it is known that medieval France saw 30,000 men and women put to fire for the heinous crimes of lycanthropy and witchcraft. The viking berserker was known popularly as a 'wolf' during their time. Europe during the middle ages is replete with references to the wolf and the werewolf. The list goes on and on.
Today, the wolf can be seen as a symbol of the wild, untamed spirit. The fighting dog who has resisted captivity and breeding. Man faces the same dangers seen by the wolf. We face the danger of having selectively bred amongst ourselves to display certain physical traits and to eradicate others. Anthropologists have noted that the human face is becoming more gracile, more ... pretty. Remember the Poodle's great ancestor is the wild wolf, running free through the forest, hunting rabbits and, when extremely hungry, yes, even humans.
In the tales you are about to read, you'll find that perhaps not all of man's wild spirit has become tame and domesticated, there may still lie beneath the designer shirt and gracile features, the heart of the untamed beast. But, we can never be sure, can we?
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