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  2. Homo homini lupus - Wikipedia

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    Homo homini lupus, or in its unabridged form Homo homini lupus est, is a Latin proverb meaning literally "Man to man is wolf". It is used to refer to situations where a person has behaved comparably to a wolf. In this case, the wolf represents predatory, cruel, and generally inhuman qualities.

  3. Rohan (name) - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] In Sanskrit and Urdu, it means "ascending" or "ascent." It is also the name of Sri Vishnu. [citation needed] In Arabic, it means "spiritual." [citation needed] In Gaelic, Rohan is a variant of the name Rowan, which can mean red, red-haired, or rusty.

  4. Of Wolf and Man - Wikipedia

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  5. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    The special status of the wolf was not based on national ideology, but rather was connected to the religious importance of the wolf to the Romans. [33] The comedian Plautus used the image of wolves to ponder the cruelty of man as a wolf unto man. "Lupus" (Wolf) was used as a Latin first name and as a Roman cognomen.

  6. Man Is Wolf to Man - Wikipedia

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    In so far as Man Is Wolf to Man is the story of man's brutality to man, popular criticism tended to compare it favorably to similar historical works, most notably Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago, while at the same time pointing toward its ultimately uplifting tale, not only of man's ability to survive, but also to assist others when seemingly at their worst.

  7. Wepwawet - Wikipedia

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    He was seen as both having the head of a wolf and sometimes a jackal, like Anubis. He also was said to be Set's son. Consequently, Wepwawet is often confused with Anubis. [2] This deity appears in the Temple of Seti I at Abydos. [2] In later Egyptian art, Wepwawet was depicted as a wolf or a jackal, or as a man with the head of a wolf or a ...

  8. Ze'ev - Wikipedia

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    Ze'ev (Hebrew: זְאֵב, Zeév), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning wolf.The name is used among Ashkenazi Jews as an association with the name Wolf, [citation needed] and often paired with the name Benjamin (referencing the description of Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth") as Binyamin Ze'ev or the Yiddish name "Wolf" (װאָלף) as Zev ...

  9. 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.