Yup; almost all the modern werewolf tropes originated in Hollywood with The Wolfman. Depending which branch of werewolf folklore you look at, "historical" werewolves, for want of a better term, weren't really linked to the moon - the change came about because of curses, pacts with the devil, witchcraft, punishments from gods, drinking rainwater from wolf footprints...stuff like that. I really find it all fascinating, and I do like the Hollywood tropes to an extent, but the folklore is so varied, it always disappoints that more authors don't draw on it! But of course, this is LKH we're talking about so I probably shouldn't ever expect much thought...
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Date: 2013-12-07 11:25 pm (UTC)