Werewolves

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 25879

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Stephanie Roark Keener" <sdrk1 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., catherine at c... wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > > Are there werewolves in the FF?  Is it a myth, created to scare 
> the 
> > Hogwarts students?  
> 
> Maybe it's a rumor left over from Lupin's days in school.  Like the 
> Shreiking Shack being huanted.  It was him all along.


Another interesting point is that JKR doesn't always go along with 
the accepted descriptions of magical creatures. The Boggart is an 
excellent example, since the Boggart of folklore is definitely not 
the Boggart of PA/GF. So her version of werewolves wouldn't have to 
follow the "rules" we all accept. Now in the case of cubs, she said 
herself that when Tom Riddle said that about Hagrid, Riddle was just 
slandering him. But we might be able to explain the whole "moon comes 
out, Lupin transforms" problem.

Steve