WEREWOLVES - SERVANTS OF THE MOON
— Shady
( Na inspire ako sa super blue blood moon kaya I have come up to this article .) *winks
“The werewolves will transform on a full moon and the vampires are weakened by the sun, making the werewolves "servants of the moon" and the vampires "slaves to the sun.”
Werewolves and vampires are mortal enemies way back then. In some stories it has to do with competition for prey, in some the werewolves exist to protect humans from vampires, and in others there is an ancient feud between the two factions that has continued through the centuries.
But according to vampire and werewolf mythology, there really is no reason to believe that these beings have ever really had any interaction. There are no historical records of such events, and various vampire-based writings have no mention of werewolves whatsoever. I would think that if they were as big of enemies as modern horror authors suggest, there would be some consideration of them somewhere.
Of course, these are both creatures who endeavor to stay hidden from the human race, so who knows for sure if they have interacted or not? I'm not saying it's impossible, but I don't really see any reason to think that they hate each other, or even know each other. It does make a good plot device, though, doesn't it?
In popular culture , many famous werewolf characters are loved ,we have Professor Remus Lupin (Harry Potter) , Jacob Black ( Twilight ) , Tyler Lockwood ( The Vampire Diaries ) and of course our very own Lia and Maliya.
So what is a werewolf?
AS A MEDICAL CONDITION
Dr. Lee Illis of Guy's Hospital in London wrote a paper in 1963 entitled On Porphyria and the Aetiology of Werewolves, in which he argues that historical accounts on werewolves could have in fact been referring to victims of congenital porphyria, stating how the symptoms of photosensitivity, reddish teeth and psychosis could have been grounds for accusing a sufferer of being a werewolf.
Others have pointed out the possibility of historical werewolves having been sufferers of hypertrichosis a hereditary condition manifesting itself in excessive hair growth.
People with Down Syndrome also was believed to be originators of werewolf myths .
On the other hand, Woodward suggested rabies as the origin of werewolf beliefs, claiming remarkable similarities between the symptoms of that disease and some of the legends. Woodward focused on the idea that being bitten by a werewolf could result in the victim turning into one, which suggested the idea of a transmittable disease like rabies.
As of the full moon effect it is associated with lunar lunacy effect or the full moon psychosis.
ORIGIN
A werewolf or lycanthrope is a mythological human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or scratch from another werewolf). This ability or affliction is called lycanthropy.
Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in witches and sorcerers. It is said that a malignant sorcerer’s curse can cause human to be a werewolf and is bonded in the full moon making them “servants of the moon” where transformations happen making them fearsome and deadly beast.
Some believes that being a werewolf is a punishment from God or other gods like Zeus.
Tho Christians believed that saints too can transform human into werewolf. As the dictum of St. Thomas Aquinas says “Omnes angeli, boni et mali, ex virtute naturali habent potestatem transmutandi corpora nostra” (All angels, good and bad have the power of transmutating our bodies).
St. Patrick transformed Vereticus, a king in Wales, into a wolf; and St. Natalis cursed an illustrious Irish family with the result that each member of it was doomed to be a wolf for seven years.
In other tales the divine agency is still more direct, while in Russia, again, men are supposed to become werewolves through incurring the wrath of the devil.
CHARACTERISTICS
Werewolves are known to be aggressive even in human form. Those with the werewolf curse still latent can exhibit some supernatural traits which can be triggered by aggression, along with unusual physical strength for the person's given size but they cannot fully transform. Also werewolves have higher body temperature than humans.
When there is a full moon after sunset they will transform into canine form, looking very much like a timber-wolf, although larger. They can also be distinguished from regular wolves by their displays of supernatural strength and speed.
Most werewolves have to be triggered to make them transform. For example, if a werewolf is in human form and it gets too hyper, it will transform. Other triggers are: getting too angry, getting hurt, getting too much adrenaline, or to protect something or someone.
The worst way for someone to trigger their werewolf curse is if they take a life, or simply kill somebody. It also does not matter if the gene was activated accidentally, or it was intentional.
When they die or get knock out, most of them turn back into human form.
TRANSFORMATION
A werewolf will only transform in to a wolf under a full moon. The first transformation is quite slow and the person is subjected to at least five hours of intense pain before transforming. After the first transformation, it will get faster but still hurt.
During the transformation, once will come a moment when any part of skin with clothes on it will leave a burning sensation that will involuntarily cause the werewolf to remove the clothes ferociously tearing them away. The body of the person is twisted in an unnatural manner as bones reshape and shift to form a wolf skeleton, causing the person immense pain. Later, the person grows excessive body hair and becomes feral with huge glowing eyes and fangs, then in minutes the werewolf will become a wolf.
A werewolf returns to their human form by the touch of sunlight. After the first transformation, the werewolf will experience muscle aches. Older werewolves can control themselves to some extent on the night of the full moon.
WEAKNESSES
As werewolves having superhuman strengths, high endurance , speed, agility and healing power it is hard to take them down but they are said to be vulnerable to silver made objects (such as bullets and blades ), mercury and wolf’s bane( aconite plant) .Breaking the neck or taking the heart out is said to surely make them dead.
CLASSIFICATIONS
Alphas are the werewolf pack leaders. The most dangerous of werewolves, they are larger, faster, stronger, more powerful, more animal than betas, omegas, and even purebloods in every single way. They can also control their abilities and wolf tendencies very well.
Betas are the most common type of werewolf. They usually have pack members to back them up as they are stronger in numbers. Because of this association, they are considered stronger than Omegas.
Delta werewolves are comparatively smaller werewolves and are thought to be the soldiers of the pack, these wolves are quadrupedal much like normal wolves but they are more lion than wolf. Delta wolves have yellow eyes.
Gammas are the lowest forms and are considered the hunters and scouts of the pack. Gamma wolves look like normal wolves but are just a little bigger. This ability is used by their superiors in making them the scouts and spies of the troop.
Omegas are werewolves without a pack. Literately "the lone wolf" the outcasts, existing without a pack or even another werewolf. Omegas grow to be very strong. Werewolves become Omegas either by choice or being forced out of a pack by the Alpha or by circumstance. They have blue eyes and a tall stature of six to seven feet.
Pure-Breeds are werewolves who have lycanthropy in their blood and were turned by activating the curse instead of being bitten. They are basically werewolves that were born with lycanthropy. They tend to be more respected amongst packs.
Vargulfs are are physically and mentally unstable werewolves, in others words their werewolves who have gone rabid. Have pitch black eyes and have no sembelance of humanity left in them, having completely given into their wolf side. They are nothing but feral beasts that needs to killed on sight.