(urth) Wolves

[Antonin Scriabin]

Let's see ...

Rex von Madadh in *Castleview *is a werewolf.  There is also a werewolf
(Lupine) in *The Sorcerer's House. *Those are the two I can think of off
the top of my head.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Neil Gaiman, I think, proposed the theory that in each of Wolfe's
> stories there is a wolf. I've been thinking about how this works out.
> In some cases, of course, the wolves are quite open, while in others
> they are hidden.
>
> _Cerberus_ has an open Wolf (the name of the Shadow Child when just
> one is left) and, by general agreement, a hidden Wolfe.
>
> _New Sun_ has the story of the boy called Frog, brought up by wolves.
>
> _Soldier_ has a known werewolf, and possibly hidden ones as well.
>
> _The Sorcerer's House_ also has a known werewolf.
>
> _The Wizard Knight _ has nothing explicit so far as I can see. Could
> Able's miraculous dog really be a wolf?
>
> In _Long Sun_ I think I may have found one. Captain Serval (Hyacinth's
> ex-lover/estranged husband, depending who you believe) is named, I
> think, only once in the main text - we know his name mostly from the
> glossaries - and is generally called just 'the captain'. Now, the
> serval is actually a feline animal, but its name derives from 'lobo
> cerval', meaning 'deer-like wolf'. Strikingly, he has a round chin and
> a moustache.
>
> I have not found any in Short Sun, but I will keep on looking.
>
> Has anyone found any others?
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