Halloween is here and a time when some people like to dress up as monsters and watch horror films. There are pre-Christian origins that honour the dead, as it's a thinning of the veil when ghosts and spirits are more active. People light pumpkins and turnips to keep evil spirits away, so they carve mean faces to ward off evil. Does this keep werewolves away? So far yes.
According to folklore, werewolves are cursed as it's believed they're humans that change into wolves on a full moon night. It's then that they go hunting, usually looking for people to eat! This terrified many people so much that both witches and werewolves were considered a real threat to society. In Europe during the Middle Ages, anyone accused of being either werewolves or witches were taken away to be tried and executed. It's still debated if a lot of them were actually innocent or guilty. There's still a number of horrific cases of true werewolves like Peter Stubbe (1525-1589), Jacques Roulet (1598) and Gilles Garnier (1573).
There's always been fear of werewolves even today. Films have played on these fears and so have books and computer games. Werewolves are just scary, bloodthirsty and evil so they're one of the most favourite monsters during Halloween. Stories about them always frighten children and there are plenty of scary fairytales that create nightmares.
Enjoy a HOWLING HALLOWEEN!
Wolf Girl Night
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