                               Werewolf Mythology

According to very old legends, werewolves used to be regular wolves, who were the guardians of men. Even though they loved men, they envied them and their ability to walk and speak and do all the things they never could.

So wolf stood up, and became man, and mimicked them, and behaved like them, but it wasn't enough. They became so jealous they prayed to the moon and to mother nature, asking her to grant them the ability to be human (this is where the moon myth comes from). Finally, they got their wish and thus, the werewolf was born. A creature who could take the shape of both human and beast, and be both in harmony. They're sometimes called Canes or Lyman

After a while, man became jealous of the werewolf's strength and abilities and cast them out, which is why now the werewolves no longer associate with humans. Thousands of years passed, and humans forgot about the wolves and began hunting and killing them for meat and for pleasure. This angered the wolves and caused them to attack, but realizing that the abilities they wished for came with a price, caused the humans who were bitten to become like them. They also realized that their children were born human. Every gift must come with a price.

The wolves retreated more into the wild, cutting themselves off completely from human society and man grew to be the dominant creature on the planet.

Now in modern days, the werewolves continue to stay hidden in the wild, living as both man and beast. Some live closer to civilization and even in it, in secret. And some wolves (even the ones we see in the wild) don't even know they have the ability to shift into a human. Some do, some don't, but all are connected to each other.

Differences Between Werewolves and Wolves[]

Can walk upright like a human, as well as on all fours
Their body is built more like a huns and matches their anatomy for both male and female
Can speak human tongue clearly (their voice does not change with the transformation). This is harder but possible in their feral (wolf) form
Paws have a more human hand shape to them and they can grab, point, gesture, even play a musical instrument!
When standing (bipedal like a human), they can easily reach up to 10 feet tall
Very strong muscular structure, and obviously bigger than regular wolves (even on all fours)
Their faces can have character and personality. For instance, regular wolves can't wink, frown or smile
Werewolves can take the form of a normal every day sized wolf (fural form) to blend in, though they are still larger than an average wolf
They would be more aggressive in feral form.

Differences Between Werewolves and Humans[]

Can heal extremely fast
- Cuts, scrapes and bruises heal within hours, very small cuts such as paper-cuts within minutes
- Large gashes, gunshot wounds and serious stabs heal within a day
- Unfortunately, loss of fingers and limbs do not heal
Has super strength; can easily lift a small car and toss it, jump very high, and run fast (even in human form)
Heightened senses; hearing, sight, smell, etc.
Incredible night vision, even while in human form
Ages normally, like a human, does not have immortality
Cannot be killed unless the brain is disconnected from the body, the heart is physically removed from the body or burnt with fire
May have urges to hunt or eat meat sometimes.

Werewolf Myths[]

Silver, crosses, holy water, etc., cannot harm a werewolf so if you want to survive silver won’t do a thing neither does holy water and crosses, some werewolves are Christian that is why those won’t work
Werewolves have control over their shifts, the full moon has no effect
They are not mindless monsters controlled by lust for blood or have savage animal instincts like in the movies, they are simply humans with the ability to shape shift into a wolf or werewolf. Their human mind has complete control of the wolf. (Although blood can trigger desires, they are carnivores, after all)
Werewolves don't have gory transformations like the movies, the transformations are quick and sometimes painful, unless they do it often. The longer you go without shifting, the more painful the transformation is

Puberty/Wolf Maturity[]

Those who were born as werewolves don't reach full 'wolf maturity' until they reach puberty, which is somewhere between the age of 11 and 14. When they reach that point, their body starts to change rapidly, their urges to transform start to show more and more, almost uncontrollably. At this point, they may only be able to partially shift, showing maybe only fur and fangs.

Just like normal teenagers deal with hormones and changes, werewolves deal with them as well, only they are intensified. The desire to mate, changes in voices, changes in physical size, and of course, the desire to hunt and feed (which can be easily controlled by ones will).

As soon they become aware of the source and understand to control it, they finally are able to change completely to a werewolf (both their fural and anthro form).

Packs[]

Werewolf packs live in groups together, usually in small rural areas. They can be any number from 4 to up to 100 with a hierarchy. The majority of werewolves live and blend in with normal humans, but they do not separate too far from each other. They have jobs, go to school, pay taxes, and live like normal law-abiding citizens (for the most part). But some packs of werewolves live absolutely traditional, meaning they never shift to their human skin. They live in their feral forms all the time, dwelling in the mountains and forests with real wolves. This practice is long but extinct, but there are still werewolves out there who prefer to avoid the costly lifestyle that comes with being a human.

Packs are composed of several status' of leadership. Alpha male, beta male, the mid-rank, and omega. Each part is significant and important in the success of the pack.

Mating[]

Traditionally, sexual intercourse is done for the specific purpose of bringing young ones into the world, and only the alpha male and female have the children in the pack. But, in the world of humans, that is difficult to do, so sexual intercourse (like human nature) is both recreational and for creating offspring.

When wolves mate, they can do it in any form (anthro, feral or human), though most prefer to do it in human form. And of course, its as normal as anyone would think it is.

Just like regular wolves, werewolves have cycles of heat, in which they have a strong desire to mate. This usually happens only with the females, but with most werewolves, the men have cycles of heat too, which occur once a year, usually in the winter time. This heat cycle normally lasts five to ten days.

Breeding/Pregnancy[]

Females can get pregnant in any form. Just like real wolves, they can have a small litter (usually two or three, but no more than four), which are born human.

When it comes to the actual birthing process, some find it it is best to do it in human or anthro form because of the size of the children. Birthing is painful (especially with multiples) as it is with humans, but werewolves cannot die during childbirth, so the fear of getting pregnant regularly and having large families is eliminated.

Pregnancy for a female werewolf is shorter than the 9 months a human would normally have. Werewolves grow rapidly in the first few years, so the gestation can be as short as 3 months or sometimes longer depending on how many babies the female is carrying.

If werewolves and humans breed, the werewolf gene can sometimes transfer to the unborn child, but it is rare. This can be dangerous if the female is human. If the child does get the werewolf gene, then her pregnancy will be the 3 month gestation (like a werewolf's), which can harm both the mother and the baby. A human's body isn't equipped for such a quick gestation, so a miscarriage is likely to happen. And also like werewolves, the possibility of having multiples increases, which puts the human mother at even more risk, but it is almost impossible for a human female to successfully birth multiples.

Children/Pups[]

They are loved and adored by all the members of the pack. They are born human and they are raised like normal humans, but still respected and loved like part of the family. They discover the ability to shift later in life (around 3 years of age), but don't reach full wolf maturity until puberty.

Unlike human children, werewolves grow much faster than humans, in fact, they grow 5 times faster than humans, but slow down when they get to be the size of a toddler. From there, they age normally.

Even though they aren't the real parents, the entire pack has say in how a child is raised.

There also other creatures like the Weretiger.