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  2. Lupae - Wikipedia

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    Lupa (Latin for "she-wolf"; plural: Lupae) can refer to: . a female wolf; the goddess Artemis/Diana, in her "wolf form"; see Lupa (mythology) and e.g. Lupa Capitolina; the lowest class of Roman prostitutes, see Prostitution in ancient Rome#Brothels

  3. Ylva - Wikipedia

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    Ylva (She-wolf, female Wolf) is an old Swedish female given name. It is the female form of the masculine given name Ulf and is one of the earliest names to appear in documents. [ 1 ] The name has increased in popularity and become internationally known because of the mother of Vicky the Viking .

  4. Asena - Wikipedia

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    Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the Gokturk foundation myth. [1] The ancestress of the Göktürks is a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales". [2] The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health.

  5. Lupercal - Wikipedia

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    The Lupercal (from Latin lupa "female wolf") was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. [1] In the legend of the founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd ...

  6. Wolf - Wikipedia

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    The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo , though grey wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.

  7. Raksha (The Jungle Book) - Wikipedia

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    She is a female Indian wolf, member of the Seeonee pack, who while suckling her own cubs decides also to adopt a human "cub" that her mate Rama has found wandering in the jungle, naming him "Mowgli" (which means "frog" in the Speech of the Jungle) because of his hairlessness.

  8. Rut (mammalian reproduction) - Wikipedia

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    Its meaning is derived from the Urdu word mast meaning intoxication. The most prominent characteristics of an elephant in rut are heightened sexual and aggressive activity along with copious temporal gland secretion and continual urine discharge.

  9. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Slavic languages share a term for "werewolf" derived from the Common Slavic vuko-dlak, meaning "wolf-furr". The wolf as a mythological creature plays an important role in Balkan and Serbian mythology and cults. [34] [35] In the Slavic and old Serbian religion and mythology, the wolf was used as a totem. [36]