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Hi - I think the definition of Silver should include info about silver-backed mirrors and silver nitrate film not producing an image of a Vampire. That's why they should be visible in most mirrors today and in digital photography. I don't know how this is addressed in the books. It should probably also say that silver is universally effective against all of the Undead - werewolves included.
I know it's a wiki but I feel a bit shy about adding things. Should I just add this stuff?
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RE: The definition of Silver
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Nov 18 2008, 7:48 PM EST
"I strongly disagree. Everything I've ever read or seen concerning werewolves classifies them as "supernatural" not un-natural. according to werewolf mythologies that I know from, a person/victim does NOT die from a werewolf bite, though they can. the person is merely "infected" with becoming a werewolf. they have a heart beat, bio-electrical synapse firing in their brains, and so on. (something creatures such as vampires don't have)
Concerning Werewolfves: (my take)
Werewolves are supernatural creatures whose attributes (or symptoms of their infection) include increased strength, heighten senses, extremely increased healing, extreme longevity (can die of old age...very very old age), and aggression.
methods of killing include: silver weapons (if not removed quickly) and beheading or removal of vital organs (such as heart or brain).
unlike vampires they are subject to getting scars, tattoos (which will be somewhat visible when transformed) and loss of libs or other parts (supernatural healing can't regenerate lost parts. and even with healing some wounds leave scars)
this is something I have looked into extensively from both an historical and fantasy/fiction point of view." Calling them Supernatural and Undead are synonymous. You are drawing a distinction where technically none exists. They are considered undead because it takes extraordinary means to kill them - they are not mortal in the same sense that a human is. They would not die from a regular gun shot, for example. The idea that lycanthropy is an infection transmitted by a bite is a very modern one used in contemporary fiction. A normal wolf bite won't do it - it has to be a bite from a creature carrying the "curse" to transmit the "curse" and it IS a curse, not a natural event. I know of no traditional literature that suggests a Werewolf can be killed by beheading or removal organs - only silver weapons are supposed to be effective against them in traditional lore and most fiction (though admittedly there's lot of newer fiction I don't read - I stick with traditional lore, mostly.)
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