Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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] In Serbian epic poetry, the wolf is a symbol of fearlessness. [37]
A depiction of a werewolf devouring children, by the German artist Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 1512. Thiess also told the judges of how he had first become a werewolf, explaining that he had once been a beggar, and that one day "a rascal" had drunk a toast to him, thereby giving him the ability to transform into a wolf.
Woodcut of a werewolf attack by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1512. A Beerwolf (Bärwolf, Werwolf) is a German folk-tale monster [1] commonly known as a werewolf.. In a debate arranged by Philip of Hesse and the Elector of Saxony in 1539, when it appeared the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was readying to attack the Lutherans, Martin Luther introduced the concept of Beerwolf to describe the Pope and ...
An image on the Gosforth Cross (10th century), possibly showing the god Víðarr's battle with the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarök [68] There is evidence of a myth of the end of the world in Germanic mythology, which can be reconstructed in very general terms from the surviving sources. [ 69 ]
It shares many characteristics with Nordic folklore and English folklore due to their origins in a common Germanic mythology.It reflects a similar mix of influences: a pre-Christian pantheon and other beings equivalent to those of Norse mythology; magical characters (sometimes recognizably pre-Christian) associated with Christian festivals, and various regional 'character' stories.
Crocotta – mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia) Cynocephaly – having the head of a dog or jackal; Dogs of Actaeon – Hunting dogs that turned on Actaeon after he was turned into a deer; Fenrir – monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse) Gelert; Hellhound – supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)
Creatures found in the legends and folktales of German-speaking countries such as Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was a key element of Germanic paganism .