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The wolf in the Scandinavian tradition as either representing the warrior or protector, sometimes combined with the Christian symbolism as the wolf representing evil or the devil, came to be a popular attribute in the heavy metal music subculture, used by bands such as Powerwolf, Sonata Arctica, Marduk, Watain, Wintersun, and Wolf. Wolves are a ...
2 In folklore and mythology. 3 Fictional wolves. 4 See also. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of famous individual wolves, pairs of wolves, or wolf packs.
Crocotta – mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia) Cynocephaly – having the head of a dog or jackal; Dogs of Actaeon – Hunting dogs that turned on Actaeon after he was turned into a deer; Fenrir – monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse) Gelert; Hellhound – supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)
Names of Georgia; S. She-wolf (Roman mythology) T. Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf; Tutyr; W. The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats; Y. Yapum
The Wolf-Thing, The Stalker in the Snows, He Who Hunts, Na-girt-a-lu A ferocious and towering wolf-like humanoid with bat wings. He is served by werewolf servants known as the Lupine Ones. Northot [27] The Forgotten God, The Thing That Should Not Be
Wolf spiders are members of the Lycosidae family (‘Lycos’ comes from the Greek ‘lykos’ meaning wolf). Like wolves (and unlike the typical web-weaving spider), wolf spiders usually run down ...
Werewolves and Other Shapeshifters in Popular Culture: A Thematic Analysis of Recent Depictions. McFarland. ISBN 9780786492503. Priest, Hannah (2015). She-wolf: a Cultural History of Female Werewolves. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719089343. Summers, Montague (2003) [First published in 1933]. The Werewolf in Lore and Legend. Dover ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...