Werewolf

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Comment by Aaron Jones on August 8th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

There is a werewolf like legend told by the inuits where they are called the Adlet. They have red fur and are half-human and half-wolf all the time. I believe it would be worth while for someone to research and add either under werewolf or under its own article.

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on August 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am

Thank you for that suggestion. I will indeed research the Adlet, and at least add note of them to the Werewolf article as you suggest, and possibly develop a separate article later.

Comment by Charles Doersch on July 5th, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Hi. The reference to modern German is incorrect. “Werwolf” (capitalized) should be the spelling of the noun werewolf in modern German. “Wehrwolf” was a pun among Nazis for a plan of 1944 called “Werwolf” but involving the Wehrmacht commandos [pun on “Wehr” = fend off, or defense] (see ).

Cheers,

Prof. Charles Doersch
University of Colorado at Boulder

Comment by Charles Doersch on July 5th, 2014 at 7:10 pm

Woops! I just found an English Penny Dreadful by George W. M. Reynolds from 1847 called “Wagner the Wehr-Wolf” — but again, this isn’t German. And among 19th century novels referencing werewolves, his spelling is singular.

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on July 7th, 2014 at 9:12 am

Thank you, Charles, for your comments. I will look into that and revise the article appropriately.