Myth? or is it true.

[ayrawulf]

You know after discovering what i am. I have looked up alot of stuff to help me understand it more, but one question i really would like to know.

Do werewolves/therians/people animal connections (im trying not to affend others so i use alot of refferences to it) live longer than just plain humans do?

I commonly read them it books alot that werewolves live longer than the average human. So i was just curious if it was believed to be true by others here.

and also so that i dont affend anyone in the future. What is the term i should use to call/relate to people like us?(that was very hard to word. lol)

[Tempest]

Werewolves, sure they could live longer lives, but it's a myth because werewolves don't exist ;)
Therianthropes, I really don't see why they would live longer. I'd imagine that a study on this would be very difficult. Who would determine what a therian is? How could you verify that someone isn't just making it up? We aren't talking about something that could easily be verified, like smokers vs. non-smokers, homosexuals vs. heterosexuals. Things would get pretty rocky when you're doing scientific studies where the variable is something you can't verify.
If by "people like us" you mean that you are a shapeshifting beast like in the movies, then you'd say werewolf. If you are refering to the spiritual connection to a particular animal, you'd say therianthrope or therian.

[ayrawulf]

Thanks that helped alot.

[Pickle Tickler]

It depends on the type of being you are discussing. If in theory you are talking about a werewolf that can regenerate, then it will not be long-lived, due to heightened metabolism rates, and cellular jargon. If real science is applied, that is. When discussing werewolves it's always an iffy thing, because according to science werewolves don't even exist.

[ThrasherCub]

In addition to what Tempest said, there's also the fact that Therianthropy is spiritual or mental (depending on how you want to look at it), but the physical, the part that dies, is still plain old human.


As for how long werewolves would live, don't you think they would live shorter lives? Like halfway between a human and a wolf lifespan?

[ayrawulf]

ya those things have also come to me too. personally im not sure what i am all i know is what it is too, and thats a wolf. But i have experienced only twice a some sort of physical shift. one was uncontrolable the second i tryied to concentrate to bring it.

[dirtyrat]

Is there such a thing as a `nice` werewolf?I`ve never seen one that has`nt killed(in the movies)humans.Of course there`s `Cat People`,but that`s a werecat.

[ThrasherCub]

But i have experienced only twice a some sort of physical shift. one was uncontrolable the second i tryied to concentrate to bring it.

First one sounds fake.
Second one sounds like you should be able to explain it to me. Manifesting the body of light - explanation thereof. Go.

[Hamster_Mommy]

Is there such a thing as a `nice` werewolf?I`ve never seen one that has`nt killed(in the movies)humans.Of course there`s `Cat People`,but that`s a werecat.

There's both entertainment and legends about "good" werewolves, *nods*.

(Abridged)
There's a legend about a good werewolf knight who gets trapped in his wolfen form due to his unfaithful wife's actions to try to keep him in that form so she can marry another. One day a king out hunting encounters the werewolf knight and takes him in. Later the unfaithful wife shows up at the king's castle and the werewolf knight bites off her nose being upset. The king figures out what is going on and demands the knight be given what he needs to turn back into his human form.

There's another legend about a couple of elderly werewolves. The she-werewolf is dying and the male werewolf asks a priest to give communion to his dying wife, which the priest does upon the male werewolf providing proof the she-werewolf is more than a regular wolf.

There's also a legend about a werewolf saving someone from drowning I can't remember the details at this time though.

[MorganaFang]

There's both entertainment and legends about "good" werewolves, *nods*.

Among Native American culture wolfs have always been a benevolent figure. Often you will find many good stories about "werewolf like" characters placed in the protagonist position.

[dirtyrat]

[QUOTE=Hamster_Mommy; 236364]There's both entertainment and legends about "good" werewolves, *nods*.

Cool and thanks!
By the way,I didnt know there was another `rodent`(no offensive)here besides me...that`s really cool!
RaT OuT

[Hamster_Mommy]

[QUOTE=Hamster_Mommy; 236364]There's both entertainment and legends about "good" werewolves, *nods*.

Cool and thanks!
By the way,I didnt know there was another `rodent`(no offensive)here besides me...that`s really cool!
RaT OuT

Sure, no problem. I haven't presented anything a zip through a computer search engine or library couldn't offer up to the curious though.

I'm not a rodent. (Course I suppose that depends on who you ask ha-ha.)

I have a pet hamster I love and find fascinating as an animal, and her - she finds me useful so long as I am her maid and keep her in sunflower seeds. :)