[HPforGrownups] Re: Litter of Werewolves

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 330



Rita Winston wrote:

> --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, anglinsbees at y... wrote:
>
> > So If a female werewolf conceived or bore her children in wolf
> form,
> > couldn't they be dominantly wolf?
>
> There are a lot of European and Japanese folk tales about the noble
> lord's beautiful young wife was expecting to give him an heir, but
> instead birthed a litter of fox cubs (Japan) or wolf cubs (Europe),
> which caused the husband to instantly do something ranging from
> divorcing her and the cubs to killing her and the cubs.
>
> In Japan, that makes sense, as the shapeshifter is a fox who turns
> into human form at will.

For a really beautiful fictional treatment of this, read Kij Johnson's novel
The Fox Woman, which was just released this year from Tor Books.  Set in
medieval Japan.

Here's the section on her home page with links to excerpts and reviews:

http://www.sff.net/people/kij-johnson/kijfox.htm

Peg