Time again for another wonderful werewolf myth. Woo! This time we’re traveling to a land of rich history, beautiful lakes and dark forests – Lithuania. The vilkacis, which literally means “wolf eyes” is a werewolf that comes from Lithuanian mythology.
The vilkacis is a regular human that has the ability to shapeshift into a wolf, although in some versions of the myth it is said they don’t transform into a wolf but instead their soul leaves their body for a while and enters a wolf’s.
When it comes to turning into a vilkacis the stories vary. In one version of the tale it is said that all you have to do is wait for a full moon and find a tree that’s top branches have grown into the earth, forming an arch. Once you find this tree on the night of a full moon simply stand under the arch and you will be turned into a vilkacis. Easy enough. In other myths, to be a vilkacis you need to wear wolf fur, recite some incantations and you become a wolf. This method is pretty common through Europe, there are a handful of wolf belt stories.
In later times there were stories of German invaders that were vilkacis. They were more like the traditional type of werewolves and they hunted in packs, the pack consisting of their family members. In some of the wealthy werewolf families their servants were also vilkacis as well and would often hunt down and kill everything from cows to wild game for the family.
The vilkacis are believed to be kind and werewolves that keep to themselves, unless threatened. They show no aggression to others and are nothing like the werewolves in film that hunt and kill innocents. But this also varies from story to story, in other versions they are wild beasts, but most say that they are good people.
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Humm interesting, did u know that the name of all da kinds of werewolves in da east of europe come from da name of the Greek Vampire Vrikolakas? It literaly means well full of poo =S
http://www.werewolves.com/werewolves-vs-vampires/
:)
srry i didnt read that post :P
Anyway did u know that even teh romans had there own legends a bout werewolves, the “versipellis”
Oo nd did u know bout the Alp?Its not exactly a werewolf , but more like a man that turned in to a wild dog,he was supossed to live around the Rin.
Plz would u find a legend bout werewolves in Spain??, its just cuz ive been triying to find sum but the only thing Ive found is a story bout a crazy dude that used to fight against dogs near my village =S
The Alp is actually a kind of German vampire http://www.vampires.com/the-nightmarish-alp/
And I’ll do some digging to see if I can find any werewolves in Spain :)
Rhïn
i think this story is very interesting! im very interested in werewolves or lycans and would really want 2 learn more! also do u belive in werewolves or are you one your selve?
But the Alp its not just a vampire, its also a man that turns in to a wild dog.
I ve found information bout him in a book called “el magico mundo de los vampiros” (its in spanish) It talks a bout all da kinds of vampires, nd it explains that the Alp could be respresented as a man that transforms in to a bird or a cat and that suck the blood of your nipples when you r sleeping.
But it also says that in some traditions of a city called Köln they describe him as a men that turned in to a wild dog
im a wolf! i found out a couple nights ago cause every day i wake up and i have this sharp pain of where i turned, it has been happening years and years im about to turn 13 and i got bit when i was 4 or 5 and i love to run and i dont care about the cold i NEVER wear a jaket outidce when its cold and i love to howl at the moon, and i have a good hearing and sense of smell. i am a brown black color i have alot of white on my face with brown a tan on it. i am one so dont say i am lyin!vTHANKS
dude little shewolf1997: youre a big time liar. how would you know what color you were? wolves are color blind and thusly a human who became one would also be color blind. you have this sharp pain when you wake up? but only when you wake up? how is it you remember turning but clearly have no recollection of that pain of actually changing which if it hurts at all would cause you sever pain almost to the point of sending you into shock. bite me faker.