u/lollipopchainsawg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSPactQQafw

Would like to give some folklore background and insight for Werwulf if anybody is interested.

In the UK specifically at the time there was a HUGE panic over wolves. If you know anything about British folklore and history you know that this actually led them to “hunt all of the wolves out of England.” Yes of course this had much to do with protecting livestock, but it also was based in a lot of spirituality- as everything was.

In the Werwulf trailer we see a flash of some art on a wall that depicts a wolf like creature throwing humans into the mouth of a beast. People at the time viewed wolves/werewolves as satan incarnate. Wolves and the devil were deeply intertwined and these illustrations they would paint on church walls were really quite scary to the people back then. You have to imagine they had literally nothing and everything was driven by the church. It was a very gruesome, dark and gritty time to be alive.

The 12-14th centuries (I think Werwulf is in the 13th) was a time of literal hysteria with werewolves. A witch hunt was forming all across Europe for them, which in real life is known as the Werewolf Witch Trials that happened in the 15th century so they were already on the cusp of this during the time of Werwulf.

Robert knows his stuff and there is nobody I would trust more with this kind of story. There is a gigantic pagan and occult undertone in this film which we can already see by the fire festival, use of witchcraft, blood curses, etc. I am sooooooo thrilled and encourage everyone to read about this folklore and history as it will probably help you get into the mindset and lore of the film.

Would like to give some folklore background and insight for Werwulf if anybody is interested.

In the UK specifically at the time there was a HUGE panic over wolves. If you know anything about British folklore and history you know that this actually led them to “hunt all of the wolves out of England.” Yes of course this had much to do with protecting livestock, but it also was based in a lot of spirituality- as everything was.

In the Werwulf trailer we see a flash of some art on a wall that depicts a wolf like creature throwing humans into the mouth of a beast. People at the time viewed wolves/werewolves as satan incarnate. Wolves and the devil were deeply intertwined and these illustrations they would paint on church walls were really quite scary to the people back then. You have to imagine they had literally nothing and everything was driven by the church. It was a very gruesome, dark and gritty time to be alive.

The 12-14th centuries (I think Werwulf is in the 13th) was a time of literal hysteria with werewolves. A witch hunt was forming all across Europe for them, which in real life is known as the Werewolf Witch Trials that happened in the 15th century so they were already on the cusp of this during the time of Werwulf.

Robert knows his stuff and there is nobody I would trust more with this kind of story. There is a gigantic pagan and occult undertone in this film which we can already see by the fire festival, use of witchcraft, blood curses, etc. I am sooooooo thrilled and encourage everyone to read about this folklore and history as it will probably help you get into the mindset and lore of the film.