How To Become A Werewolf

[naomi_jay]

C’mon, you know you wanna know.

 

Essentially there are two paths to lycanthropy: voluntary and involuntary. The Ancient Greeks believed any skilled sorcerer could become a werewolf, and Norse legends tell tales of men donning wolf skins to take that form. Some magical texts advise preparing a magical ointment to rub over bare skin before covering yourself with a wolf pelt.

 

Or you could take the old-fashioned route and make a deal with the Devil. That’s kind of a messy method however, since it apparently involves smearing yourself with the fat of a freshly killed animal, mixed with anise, camphor and opium. As you may or may not know, it’s hard to legally obtain opium. Might raise some eyebrows. You’re probably better off drinking rainwater from a wolf’s paw print. Although that would probably involve a lot of hanging around the in woods getting wet. Still, at least that method’s legal.

 

As for the involuntary ways, the most obvious is to survive a werewolf attack. That works pretty well in films like Ginger Snaps and An American Werewolf in London. That is, if you ignore that both those films end tragically…

 

Or you could piss off the wrong sorcerer and inherit your lycanthropy via a curse. Even better, you could piss off the Christian Church and be born on Christmas Day. As a punishment for detracting attention from Jesus, you’re cursed to be a werewolf – unless you can prove yourself pious and without sin. And lets face it, there’s fat chance of that if you’re slaughtering lambs and goats every full moon.

 

 

Comments

[chaostheory.livejournal.com]

mixed with anise, camphor and opium

That shit will make you high enough to make you think that you're a wolf! Hell, you may start imagining you're king of the fairies!

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's were it comes from? People taking hallucinogenics and imagining they're wolves? I've read case studies where that's happened.

[yume-kokoro.livejournal.com]

ooh - and apparently there's also such a thing as a wolf strap, that is a strap that has been cut from the back of a man who has been hanged.

[antonstrout.livejournal.com]

I just filled out an online questionnaire and they sent me a certificate... I'm not a registered certified werewolf in the Tri State area.. I owe 'em fifty bucks, but I get all the fresh rabbits I want delivered on a monthly basis!

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Ooh cool, I never heard that one before!

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

And do you get someone to pick up your *ahem* mess for you?

[cathschaffstump.livejournal.com]

Or, like my husband's ancestor Peter Stubb (his family name is Stump) you can get a special belt from the devil that turns you into a wolf so you can eat babies from wombs and deflower women in wolf form.

All werewolf books can tell you about the grizzly, way too true story of Peter Stubb. They go into great detail with woodblock pictures of the torture.

Catherine

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

becoming a vampire also incoorporated some of those legends (being born on Christmas for example).

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Your husband is related to Peter Stubb? That's so cool, in a gory, wrong way! I'm gonna be blogging about him next week.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

I seem to recall that having a wolf jump over your grave can cause you to become a vampire too.

to those in need of the truth

[(Anonymous)]

1: u do not need to be bitten by a werewolf, a normal wolf will do as long as it/they do not kill u

2: drinking water from the pawprint will cause metamorphisis, but only for a short peirod of time 1 or 2 hours, it only gives u a glimps of what being a wolf means.

3: makeing a deal with the devil is immposible cause there is no such thing.

4: one other way to be cursed is to be a catholic and miss seven easter sunday prayers.

i hope this info has helped, i myself have had the experience of drinking from a wolfs pawprint and it is the most revitalizing experience u can get, there is nothing in this world that can compare to that feeling and energy and ablility to run in the woods on all 4's
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