tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post3276206590153299295..comments2023-12-16T02:39:56.603-06:00Comments on Gordon Grice: Further Thoughts on Cannibal AttacksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-67006440377101047872012-06-12T17:42:00.648-05:002012-06-12T17:42:00.648-05:00Maybe... :>Maybe... :>Croconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-54059352498240699482012-06-12T00:23:42.444-05:002012-06-12T00:23:42.444-05:00That would be the striped hyena, I suppose? I don&...That would be the striped hyena, I suppose? I don't think it is still found in Greece, but has been within historic times. I've read that witchcraft and were-hyenas are closely linked in parts of Africa. <br /><br />Speaking of the Coppola Dracula, it's a therioanthropist's delight. I remember, besides the wolf, a transitional werewolfish form, and also Dracula being formed of many rats. (Maybe it's about time to run your article on nahuales.)Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-3819514668384520782012-06-11T22:13:05.393-05:002012-06-11T22:13:05.393-05:00Yeah, the line was rather blurry in past times. In...Yeah, the line was rather blurry in past times. In Greece, werewolves were said to turn into blood-sucking hyenas after being killed. As if turning into a werewolf alone wasn´t bad (or good, if you're into that stuff) enough...<br /><br />PS- In Coppola's version of Dracula from the 90s, Dracula still does turn into a wolf (as well as a bat-like demon creature).Croconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-58961822243047569042012-06-11T15:51:44.372-05:002012-06-11T15:51:44.372-05:00That's interesting. I think it has been the mo...That's interesting. I think it has been the movies, more than anything else, that made these creatures into separate tropes in Western culture. For example, in Renaissance Europe, the ability to transform into animals was regarded as one proof of witchcraft; the official manual of witch-hunters, the Malleus Maleficarum, recounted incidents of this power, including, as I recall, one witch who could turn into a donkey. Even as late as the 1931 film of Dracula, there's mention of the vampire's power of turning into a wolf. It was only later that vampires began to limit their therioanthropic exploits to being bats.Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-44720701268211073302012-06-11T14:57:57.448-05:002012-06-11T14:57:57.448-05:00Talking to a Panamanian friend just days ago, we g...Talking to a Panamanian friend just days ago, we got into the subject of supernatural creatures native to our respective countries. Interestingly, in Mexico we have stories about witches, werewolves (or rather, nahuales, which don´t have to change into wolves specifically), and vampires, but in Panama, it seems that the three of them have been fused together. So in Panama you get witches that suck blood, eat human flesh and shapeshift into dangerous animals. Mexican witches are simply women (or men) who practice sorcery; in Panama they seem to be a completely different beast so to speak...Croconutnoreply@blogger.com