Wolves in Folklore, Religion and Mythology

The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf). The obvious attribute of the wolf is its nature of a predator, and correspondingly it is strongly associated with danger and destruction, making it the symbol of the warrior on one hand, and that of the devil on the other. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf is a development of this. The wolf holds great importance in the cultures and religions of the nomadic peoples, both of the Eurasian steppe and of the North American Plains. In many cultures, the identification of the warrior with the wolf (totemism) gave rise to the notion of Lycanthropy, the mythical or ritual identification of man and wolf.

Author: Arden Heacox
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/09/2015
Pages: 132
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.28d
ISBN13: 9781519197498
ISBN10: 1519197497
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology

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