Chapter 126: Wolf's Kiss
At that time, there was a famous film in Hong Kong called "Wolf Kiss", although it was a movie, some of the plots in it still made people's hairs stand on end. There are so many legends about werewolves, and most of them have to do with the local culture.
For example, in Polish culture, there are many legends about werewolves. It is said that Christmas and Midsummer Eve are the days when werewolves are most active. According to the Poles, if a shaman's skin ring is placed on the door of a wedding house, the bride and groom, as well as the groomsmen and bridesmaids, who cross the ring, will become werewolves. But after three years, the wizard would give the werewolves a hairy human skin, and after putting on the human skin, they would immediately return to their original colors. It is said that on one occasion, a groom who had turned into a werewolf put on a human skin, and suddenly realized that the human skin was too small to cover his tail. Since then, the groom has been dragging this tail.
In the Great Dictionary of Ancient Bohemia, werewolves are referred to as "Wilclark". In the Arminia region, there are also some legends about werewolves, one of which tells that once, a man was on his way through the forest when he suddenly saw a big bad wolf running with a child. The man hurried forward to save the child. But the big bad wolf ran too fast, and he couldn't catch up, so he had to continue walking slowly in the same direction. But later in the day, he found a child's little hand in the grass by the roadside, and when he looked through the grass, he saw a cave behind him. Upon entering, he found a fire lit inside, and a wolf skin hanging from the wall. So he took the wolf's skin and threw it into the fire. As soon as the wolfskin caught fire, he heard a scream from behind him. An old woman rushed up to pluck the wolf's skin from the fire. But it was too late, and by the time the wolf's skin was burned off, the old woman had turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared without a trace.
In India, many people believe in wolf magic. In all areas where Buddhism is endemic, including Ceylon and Tibet in China, there are countless legends about people turning into animals. It is said that there was once a Brahmin son in Pakistan who was in the form of a snake during the day and only took on human form at night.
There is a story in India that the prince's wife was a female orangutan, but his brother married a beautiful princess. One day, at the banquet held by the queen, a beautiful woman appeared like a fairy. It turned out that she was the female orangutan. When the prince found out about this, he sneaked into the harem and burned the female orangutan skin, so that his wife could remain beautiful forever.
And in Abyssinia, goldsmiths and silversmiths are revered. In contrast, blacksmiths are often seen as very lowly people. Their relatives will even think that they sometimes turn into coyotes. It is difficult to explain why the Abyssinians at that time had such a mentality. The blacksmiths themselves felt the same way, and they wore gold rings around their ears to distinguish themselves from the others. At the time, a man named Couffin claimed to have seen coyotes with earrings, but how did these earrings fit onto coyotes' ears? On this point, Coffin can't give an affirmative answer either.
In most parts of China, not to mention wild wolves, even sparrows are almost extinct. In addition, our ancestors did not invent the werewolf monster breed, so every full moon night we have no other feelings except for family reunion. In fact, the wolf is a very respectable animal, although it is ferocious, it is just its animal instinct. The wolf's loyalty to the pack, the care of its cubs, and its attachment to its mate are all unmatched by other canines. As for the legendary dark creatures of werewolves, they are just phantoms. But driven by ignorance and brutality, it is chilling to think of how many people have died tragically because of this illusory shadow. The werewolves we see on the screen in the digital age are still the embodiment of blood and brutality, and think of the Roman holy wolf who raised orphans more than 2,700 years ago, and his eyes should have been warm and affectionate when he fed human babies. If werewolves exist, they should also sigh at the millennia of dark history in them......
(To be continued)