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Originally Posted by J. Tithonus Pednaud
I assume that when you say ‘faithful to the more traditional ideas’ you are referring to the dogmatic Hollywood lycanthropic folklore established in Universal’s The Wolf Man. That film was the origin of such elements as silver being fatal to werewolves, wolfsbane acting as a repellant, and that the ‘curse’ can be transferred via a bite or scratch.
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Like Grisly, I'm pretty ignorant to the whole werewolf thing. Were those hollywood werewolf elements, by chance, derived from vampire legend? The same basic principles are there, even if the objects themselves are different.
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