{"id":4284,"date":"2010-10-01T01:10:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T06:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2010-09-27T21:41:43","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T02:41:43","slug":"myth-and-legendjourneys-through-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/10\/01\/myth-and-legendjourneys-through-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth and Legend:Journeys Through Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mythology<\/strong><\/p>\n

“She should not lock the open door
\n(run away, run away, run away)
\nFull moon is on the sky and he’s not a man any more
\nSee the change in him but can’t
\n(run away, run away, run away)
\nSee what became of her man…”<\/em>
\nLyrics to Full Moon by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Luna, la lune, mond, Selene, Artemis and Diane. These and many more<\/p>\n

are different names for the moon. The first day of the work week, Monday<\/p>\n

was named for the moon, literally translated it means “Moons’ Day” or<\/p>\n

“Day of the Moon”, just as Sunday means “Sun’s Day” or “Day of the Sun.”<\/p>\n

To gaze at the moon was a dangerous thing as you were said to become a<\/p>\n

“lunatic” or moonstruck and act a little crazy. The moon works with the<\/p>\n

sun to regulate the ocean’s tides and some people believe it also<\/p>\n

affects all living things with it’s gravitational pull. The moon also<\/p>\n

lights up the night sky with it’s cold silver night, most brilliantly so<\/p>\n

when it’s full and the night is clear. Why all this talk about the moon?<\/p>\n

Why all this information about the moon and how does it figure into<\/p>\n

mythology? Well those answers can be summoned with one word. Werewolf.<\/em><\/p>\n

What is a werewolf really? Is it a man that changes into a wolf? A wolf<\/p>\n

that changes into a man or is it some weird man-wolf hybrid? In<\/p>\n

short…a werewolf is a shape changer. A being that when the full moon<\/p>\n

rises, changes from his human form to the more primal, animalistic wolf.<\/p>\n

Most often this change comes about two ways, technically one way but it<\/p>\n

splits into two ways. The first way is a curse, the second is being<\/p>\n

bitten by a werewolf, usually somebody that was cursed first and decided<\/p>\n

to pass the curse on. Werewolves go all across the cultural mythological<\/p>\n

world, from the Native American skin-walkers, who believed that by<\/p>\n

wearing an animal’s pelt they gained the strength, cunning,<\/p>\n

intelligence, courage and protection of that animal, to the Nordic<\/p>\n

beserkers. The beserkers\u00a0 were warriors that would dress in the skins of<\/p>\n

bears and go into battle wearing nothing but these skins, believing that<\/p>\n

they would take on the characteristics of that animal. Similar to the<\/p>\n

Native Americans\u00a0 skin-walking. The beserkers fought with an intensity<\/p>\n

and ferocity akin to wild animals. Why the moon though? Well..the moon<\/p>\n

it goes\u00a0 back to the belief that the moon with it’s power over the<\/p>\n

tides, caused madness in men and caused them to act more like animals<\/p>\n

than humans when the moon was full. In a sense, the full moon tied<\/p>\n

together man’s human nature and his bestial nature. The classic<\/p>\n

werewolf myth is Greek in origin and really has nothing to do with the<\/p>\n

moon or silver, which is said to be the werewolf’s only weakness.<\/p>\n

According to Greek myth, werewolves came about when the Arcadian king<\/p>\n

Lycaon decided he was going to trick Zeus and test his omniscience. He<\/p>\n

decided to do this by first serving him a dish of human flesh, which<\/p>\n

came from a “sacrificed” child…Lycaon’s own child actually and lastly<\/p>\n

by attempting to kill Zeus while he slept. These three actions resulted<\/p>\n

in one very harsh reaction. Zeus killed the fifty sons of Lycaon’s and<\/p>\n

turned Lycaon into a wolf. Wolves also figure into the founding of Rome.<\/p>\n

Rome supposedly got it’s name from one of twin brothers. Romulus and<\/p>\n

Remus were descendants of Trojan royalty and fathered by Mars or<\/p>\n

Hercules. Their uncle left them to die of exposure and they were suckled<\/p>\n

by a she-wolf. They wanted to build a city and in a disagreement, Remus<\/p>\n

was killed by his brother. All in all, werewolves are usually portrayed<\/p>\n

as mindless, ferocious killing beasts who’s only desire is to hunt and<\/p>\n

kill whatever comes across their path. It’s origins however, are simple;<\/p>\n

warriors who wanted nothing more then to win the war for their side and<\/p>\n

looked to the strength, cunning, ferocity, intelligence and protection<\/p>\n

of the animals. Hollywood myth or old world myth, either way the<\/p>\n

werewolf has stuck around and proven to be a rather popular horror<\/p>\n

creature. From movies like Underworld to books like Harry Potter even<\/p>\n

games like Werewolf:The Apocalypse, whatever genre or walk of life you<\/p>\n

follow the werewolf is sure to be there in some shape<\/em> or other.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/nineplanets.org\/days.html<\/a> (different names of the moon)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.mythicalrealm.com\/legends\/werewolf.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.werewolfpage.com\/myths.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lycaon_%28mythology%29<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Werewolf<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/darklyrics.com\/lyrics\/sonataarctica\/ecliptica.html#6<\/a> (Full lyrics to the song FullMoon by finnish metal band Sonata Arctica)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mythology “She should not lock the open door (run away, run away, run away) Full moon is on the sky and he’s not a man any more See the change in him but can’t (run away, run away, run away) See what became of her man…” Lyrics to Full Moon by Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica Luna, la lune, mond, Selene, Artemis and Diane. These and many more are different names for the moon. The first day of the work week, Monday was named for the moon, literally translated it means “Moons’ Day” or “Day of the Moon”, just as Sunday means “Sun’s Day” or “Day of the Sun.” To gaze at the moon was a dangerous thing as you were said to become a “lunatic” or moonstruck and act a little crazy. The moon works with the sun to regulate the ocean’s tides and some people believe it also affects all living things with it’s gravitational pull. The moon also lights up the night sky with it’s cold silver night, most brilliantly so when it’s full and the night is clear. Why all this talk about the moon? Why all this information about the moon and how does it figure into mythology? Well those answers can be summoned with one word. Werewolf. What is a werewolf really? Is it a man that changes into a wolf? A wolf that changes into a man or is it some weird man-wolf hybrid? In short…a werewolf is a shape changer. A being that when the full moon rises, changes from his human form to the more primal, animalistic wolf. Most often this change comes about two ways, technically one way but it splits into two ways. The first way is a curse, the second is being bitten by a werewolf, usually somebody that was cursed first and decided to pass the curse on. Werewolves go all across the cultural mythological world, from the Native American skin-walkers, who believed that by wearing an animal’s pelt they gained the strength, cunning, intelligence, courage and protection of that animal, to the Nordic beserkers. The beserkers\u00a0 were warriors that would dress in the skins of bears and go into battle wearing nothing but these skins, believing that they would take on the characteristics of that animal. Similar to the Native Americans\u00a0 skin-walking. The beserkers fought with an intensity and ferocity akin to wild animals. Why the moon though? Well..the moon it goes\u00a0 back to the belief that the moon with it’s power over the tides, caused madness in men and caused them to act more like animals than humans when the moon was full. In a sense, the full moon tied together man’s human nature and his bestial nature. The classic werewolf myth is Greek in origin and really has nothing to do with the moon or silver, which is said to be the werewolf’s only weakness. According to Greek myth, werewolves came about when the Arcadian king Lycaon decided he was going to trick Zeus and test his omniscience. He decided to do this by first serving him a dish of human flesh, which came from a “sacrificed” child…Lycaon’s own child actually and lastly by attempting to kill Zeus while he slept. These three actions resulted in one very harsh reaction. Zeus killed the fifty sons of Lycaon’s and turned Lycaon into a wolf. Wolves also figure into the founding of Rome. Rome supposedly got it’s name from one of twin brothers. Romulus and Remus were descendants of Trojan royalty and fathered by Mars or Hercules. Their uncle left them to die of exposure and they were suckled by a she-wolf. They wanted to build a city and in a disagreement, Remus was killed by his brother. All in all, werewolves are usually portrayed as mindless, ferocious killing beasts who’s only desire is to hunt and kill whatever comes across their path. It’s origins however, are simple; warriors who wanted nothing more then to win the war for their side and looked to the strength, cunning, ferocity, intelligence and protection of the animals. Hollywood myth or old world myth, either way the werewolf has stuck around and proven to be a rather popular horror creature. From movies like Underworld to books like Harry Potter even games like Werewolf:The Apocalypse, whatever genre or walk of life you follow the werewolf is sure to be there in some shape or other. http:\/\/nineplanets.org\/days.html (different names of the moon) http:\/\/www.mythicalrealm.com\/legends\/werewolf.html http:\/\/www.werewolfpage.com\/myths.html http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lycaon_%28mythology%29 http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Werewolf http:\/\/darklyrics.com\/lyrics\/sonataarctica\/ecliptica.html#6 (Full lyrics to the song FullMoon by finnish metal band Sonata Arctica)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}