Raspberry Creme cookies will do it to me every time......

You should realize, Brighteyes, that the Werewolves that post on here get their lycanthropy from a source other than movies and books. Historical werewolves were not the slavering, violent monsters of movies.

Aye. And the reason I assume that is that the werewolves that went before them were not slavering, violent psychos. Such a drastic change in character indicate that the new "werewolves" were not the same beings as the earlier ones. It makes sense to  me that the first ones have first claim to the name.

If you read Carlos Ginzberg's The Night Battles, you will see how the Church convinced a whole profession that, instead of being community practitioners, they were evil, demonic sorcerers. They demonized werewolves in the same way and, the mentally deranged individuals of a later time were deluded to think that they were these demonic versions of werewolves. There's not really any mystery here. Modern humans are just following the same delusions because they're more spectacular and make better movies.

That said, the earliest documented werewolves, the Neuri, were not nice people by any means but neither were they insane and, by the Middle Ages, they had joined European society and become productive members of that society.

And how i visualize a werewolf is far from evil and controlling.

WolfVanZandt, do you consider yourself a werewolf?

and how to seperate yourself from a non werewolf?  from what ive read most people here just say they have an "inner" wolf. Is that how you feel. or do you posses other characteristics? I hope im not being to personal.. Im just very curious.. and though id like to convice myself im just over imaginative i almost wish im not. If you dont want to share id understand.

haha.. you had me second guessing my inner self. i seem to have a few of those characteristics. but after an awkward stare down in the bathroom mirror im sure i am what i am. thank you for chatting with me... and where can i see this websit of yours?

well said

If I were a scientist I would love to study the genetic differences between a "werewolf" versus the genetics of a regular human being?

I also wonder if second generations withheld their children from vaccination and other doctor appointments.

IF one was bitten by a werewolf would that person still be able to go to the hospital?

Last edited by ms.cubas (2013-12-26 21:09:01)

They don't check genetics as a part of diagnostic work in hospitals.

I've bitten people. I left them all in a state that allowed them to get the wounds seen about. I don't think anyone has died yet.

It looks to me that there's an epigenetic factor in Werewolves. The genes that cause the predisposition are triggered by environmental factors. I suspect that the Werewolf genetics are a variant of homo neanderthalensis.