#lupophobia

[smpneopronouns]

Can you do masc/fem wolf names and pronouns!!!

I tried to keep it Minecraft wolf a bit but I might've strayed into general wolf a bit lol

Names

Wolf

Howl

Luna/Lunar

Lupin/Lupine

Grey/Gray/Greyson/Grayson

Gunner/Gunnar

Hunter

Lobo

Beowulf

Scout

Silver

Ash/Asher/Ashen

Sage/Saige

Koda/Coda

Bone

Pronouns

tame/tames/tame's/tamself

bone/bones/bone's/boneself

dog/dogs/dog's/dogself

pup/pups/pup's/pupself

fur/furs/fur's/furself

fluff/fluffs/fluff's/fluffself

pack/packs/pack's/packself

paw/paws/paw's/pawself

claw/claws/claw's/clawself

moon/moons/moon's/moonself

howl/howls/howl's/howlself

wild/wilds/wild's/wildself

🌕/🌑s/🌕's/🌑self

🌙/🌙s/🌙's/🌙self

🐺/🐺s/🐺's/🐺self

🦴/🥩s/🦴's/🥩self

🍖/🍖s/🍖's/🍖self

🐾/🐾s/🐾's/🐾self

[cafe-gato-official]

Apparently Hana is the first ever case of a plant disease crossing the kingdom boundary and infecting humans so that's fun :))))))))

[dailyadventureprompts]

Hello Dapper. I don’t really expect too much about this, but do you have any ideas for Wargs? They have an interesting relationship with goblins and are weird in that they’re essentially sapient wolf monsters, but I don’t think they’re ever really used that creatively.

Monsters Reimagined: Wargs, wolf panics, and the Economics of Lupophobia

While the surface level answer is pretty simple (warg is a conversion of varger, an old Norse way to refer to mythological wolves like Fenrir) there's actually a surprising amount of material to drill into here on the topic of sapient wolf monsters, especially for someone like me who has a interest in moral panics and mass hysteria events. Wolves were effectively a boogyman for pre-industrial societies, a deep seated generational fear that we only recognize today through cultural relics like the big bad wolf or boy who cried wolf.

TLDR: If you want to do something interesting with wargs beyond just "wolves that talk" I'd advise playing to their folk / fairytale roots. They're creatures of embodied dread, drawn from the stuff of the feywild to sow fear among those who would travel off the path or too close to the wilderness. This lets you tell interesting stories about how the party/major characters respond to fear: Does fear of being attacked in the dark drive the party to make risky decisions that might endanger their quest? How do the villagers react when the wolves are very literally at the door, demanding just one of their neighbours as a meal in exchange for safety?

I'd also advise getting weirder with a warg's powers, playing into that fear of the unknown by doing unexpected things. The party can fight off a pack of wolves, sure, but what does it mean when the lead wolf rips off the bard's shadow and takes off into the night?

Background: If you want a window into the headspace of wolf-panic, think about the neigh omnipresent fear of sharks created by the Jaws franchise. Children who have never seen the movie, let alone seen a shark in person can become irrationally afraid of getting into deep water because they've absorbed the pervasive cultural phobia, which goes onto shape environmental policy as sharks are overhunted or killed out of spite for their perceived threat.

So it was for wolves, even after they were largely hunted to near extinction by medieval and postmedieval societies, the fear of them was so ingrained into cultural traditions that wolf and werewolf panics were a thing that went hand in hand with witchtrails. France had a country wide one as late as the 1760s and the movie based on it ended up inspiring Bloodborne. Alternatively look at the anti-wolf efforts during the colonization of the Americas, right up to the opposition to reintroducing wolves back to Yellowstone park.

On that note (and because we can't have a Monsters Reimagined without some kind of class analysis), lets talk about how these fears are propagated: On many levels it makes sense for everyday people to be afraid of wolves, they're a hunting species that can absolutely pose a danger to us, and when you're living or travelling outside the protection of a settlement you really are vulnerable to a coordinated pack of carnivores running you down.

However, the primary threat that wolves pose to humans isn't predation, it's property damage, specifically in how they kill livestock. While we can talk about individual farmsteads beset by beasts, in reality the herds that wolves were most likely to prey upon belonged to the landowning classes, powerful people who had a profit incentive in seeing wolves driven off or exterminated. This is where you get bounties on dead wolves, not just paying for the value of the hide but actively rewarding people for going out and killing as many wolves as possible to the point of it becoming a profession. This practice has existed for MILLENIA and is still active today, primarily in places where big agriculture influences governments.

It seems incidental at first but then you realize that it fits the model of just about every other kind of cultural panic: widespread ignorance and fear that just so happens to mobilize the populace in a way that financially benefits a select few. You can see the same thing happening today in england with badgers of all things, which have been identified with the local dairy industry as a threat to their herds. This is not only led them to petition the government to cull the badger population, but to put out anti-badger propaganda, eventually turning it into a culture war issure to the point where conservative mouthpieces like Jeremy Clarkson openly encourages killing and gassing badgers on sight.

Returning to the land of fantasy for now: I think it's worth taking the idea of the warg and mixing it with a few other "black dog" cultural archetypes, which can also include the creatures like the shuck or church grimm. In this instance the warg is a sort of curse made manifest, the fear of a haunted place given literal teeth. People who transgress into these forbidden spaces find themselves pursued by a manifestation that dogs them till they're exhausted and vulnerable, much like a wolf harrying its prey.

The bhargest is also of special interest here, considering how I like to relate goblins back to the feywild. You could easily see bhargests as agents of fey that feed on human fear, leading a pack of goblins or hobs that occupy the desolate lands they've called to haunt. My version of Maglubiyet would also delight in employing such creatures as his emissaries.

Going back to the vargr/ Norse mythology angle, it's interesting that most of the wolves that show up are destined to devour something, whether it be a god or celestial certanty like the moon and sun. It's like the concept of an inevitable chase is so fundimental to what a wolf IS that it became a theme of ragnarok's inevitable certantly. Consider having certan packs of wargs be offspring of some fenrir style god eater, beasts of forboding doom who's mere presence is an omen of ill times.

Alternatively, if you wanted to play on the big bad wolf angle, give wargs the ability to take on flimsy human disguises, all the better to get close to their pray and sow fear among the townsfolk. Historical wolf panics after all are not all that different than serial killer panics, and it'd be a fun twist on a traditional werewolf adventure to have the party on a creature that didn't play by the usual lycanthropic rules.

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[doc-davey]

King Saul’s evil spirit, also known as the Ruach Ra’ah

I want to show some of the characters from my Saul retelling, The Book of Saul, and one of the major ones that take part of Saul’s life is Ze’ev, who is King Saul’s evil spirit but personified as a spirit always taking the form of a wolf in Saul’s visions.

I have yet to properly introduce him, but I will now lol.

I draw him frequently with Saul and I have a lot planned for him. He’s his own character instead of simply being the vaguely mentioned evil spirit that attacks Saul in the Bible lol. In the story, there’s some heavy lore that Ze’ev carries, and when he first actively interacts with Saul (right after being rejected as king), he becomes Saul’s conscience, and a guide, as he twists truths for his own benefit and amusement.

To summarize Ze’ev’s character, Ze’ev can be interpreted in many ways. He is basically the essence of Saul’s subconscious containing his deepest fears and regrets. Saul’s mentality will be reflected on Ze’ev who guides Saul, seeking truths he desperately yearns for, through 7 seven visions. No matter how hard Saul tries, he cannot escape the spirit always appearing before him. And also, those 7 visions are basically Saul’s hell with different truths revealed to him. Ze’ev finds so much joy in watching him suffer, yet he is able to have Saul always running back to him for help. Ze’ev knows very well that Saul has absolutely no one to turn to as he takes advantage of his helplessness.

As for Ze’ev’s appearance, he is usually a wolf, and there are two reasons why Ze’ev appears as a wolf. One being the tribe symbol for Benjamin, the tribe Saul’s from, which is represented with a wolf, and in the past I had called Ze’ev the “Wolf of Benjamin”, but I ended up changing his name lol. But the second reason resonates with Saul more deeply, where in the story, Saul is terrified of wolves due to traumatic experiences with them, and it comes off basically as a phobia Saul has (I believe the phobia for wolves is called “lupophobia”, that’s what Saul would have oof). But ironically, Saul is from Benjamin, and he’d be surrounded by wolf symbols as a benjaminite king ruling the place. And plus, Ze’ev is almost always a wolf, and if you recall what I’ve said, Ze’ev is the essence of Saul’s mind made up of his darkest fears and regrets while appearing in Saul’s visions.

I could literally go on and on about the evil spirit Ze’ev, but I would be crossing spoiler territory if I do loll.

But some small things about him: Ze’ev shapeshifts a lot, and his form is always moving in place. And he has a HUGE tail that constantly flows.

But lastly, this one means a lot to me lmaoo, but hear me out on this. When it comes to Ze’ev’s voice, I usually either have him speak with both a male and a female voice that intermingles at the same time (for reference, it’s just like Satan’s voice from that creepy Mark Twain clay animation movie. Look it up if you’re curious lol). Or, Ze’ev speaks as a distorted version of Saul’s voice.

Butttt, I can’t help but headcanon his voice as Will Wood when it comes to visualizing him in my head. Ze’ev sings as well (he sometimes sings to lure Saul), and whenever he sings, all I can hear is Will Wood. Ack, Will Wood!!! 🔥 And I know I’m being biased because I LOVE Will Wood (pls if you’re a Will Wood fan you gotta let me know 😭). But outside of the book, I imagine Ze’ev’s voice as Will Wood’s lolllll.

I already have a bunch of Saul and Ze’ev animatics planned, but if I do make an animatic/animation with Ze’ev, it’s going to be a Will Wood song.

[de-lyc-ful]

I think there is great potential for a Kpop Demon Hunters werewolf au. This is partially because werewolves make the best allegories for everything but also because ummm why the fuck not.

Ok think about it.

Rumi- her dad could be a werewolf, her mom was a hunter obviously. Celine suppresses Rumi’s wolf side, leading to Rumi trying her damn hardest to never let any of her wolf side show. Internalized lupophobia. Wolfwalkers type werewolf, she’s very sleep-deprived from holding off her transformations.

Zoey- originally from a pack in Cali that didn’t interact with humans often. Born and raised as a wolf, she discovers music and decides she wants to live in human society to create her own. Fucking overjoyed to experience everything humans have to offer. Straight-up wolf werewolf.

Mira- Born a human and turned at a young age, she was still the black sheep (or wolf) of her family. Left to be a lone wolf, became a kpop trainee where she met the others. Never hid being a werewolf, definitely open about her experience being turned. Classic Hollywood half-man-half-wolf werewolf.

I think Zoey and Rumi would meet first. They’re both pretending to be human, Rumi because of her upbringing and Zoey because she doesn’t want to scare off her new friend.

Mira joins the group, looking like a bright pink creature straight out of An American Werewolf In London, and Zoey immediately turns into just a straight-up realistic wolf.

Rumi’s apprehensive, stuck between her self-hatred (and by extension hatred of werewolves) and her love of her friend Zoey, so she doesn’t shift. She grapples with the fact that her first friend and new bandmate are the very thing she’s been taught are monsters.

Mira and Zoey teach Rumi all about what it means to be a wolf. Slowly but surely, Rumi realizes that it’s not the wolf that makes someone a monster, but what they choose to do with it.

One day Rumi confronts her bandmates. They think Rumi’s going to ask to be turned, but instead she just passes the fuck out and turns into her wolf form.

The three become a pack and it’s adorable and at some point Bobby walks in on the three play-fighting and pisses himself.

[bobvelsebobsession]

quick question but how does Sandy Lycan feel about prey animal anthros like mice, squirrels, and uhm… rabbits…

because well, uh, in that case…

let’s just say my OC has Lupophobia/is irrationally afraid of wolves… well, cuz, you know.

If they're anthro, she interacts with them just as same as she would anyone else. She sees them as equals but is very mindful of her behavior around them as most do tend to be intimidated by carnivorous anthros like herself. She may be mostly wolf, she's still a dog, too. She has a softer spot for prey animals, so she would do her best to be friendly towards your OC. The only time she'd ever harm any other anthros is in her full werewolf form when she's unable to control herself which is triggered by a few events that are rare. Although, she hasn't ran into someone with an irrational fear of her species, so she'd take it a bit personal and be very hurt by this.

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MORE LIGHTER LIAR😈😈

2022 art!

2023/2024 art!

Characters:

Lupo- (Lupophobia) fear of wolves

Concept of a shop keeper who is like flirty and silly- idk? He’s the shark dude

Random encounter enemies

And Merdol, Silasy & Geno again!

[sigyn-foxyposts]

"Thjalfi and Röskva!"

I can't get enough of making up headcannons for my favorite sister-brother servant duo, they're iconic little farmer children! ✨ Also for those who don't know:

Megalophobia is an extreme fear of large things and objects! (Which I feel like poor Röskva developed after going to Utgard and seeing just how small she was.)

Lupophobia is an extreme fear of wolves (which I thought would fit because in the Poetic Edda: poem Hárbarðsljóð. Thjalfi is said to have been chased after by she-wolves. He was probably traumatized)

[juresmccann]

Lupophobia fear of wolves

[rhymeswithswaggness]

Magnus Chase

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Magnus is participating in the Curse of Echo M!A for 24 hours.

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See below the cut for some Magnus Trivia

Fun facts about Magnus

His birthday is January 13th.

Magnus is Annabeth’s cousin.

The name “Magnus” means “great”, and was a popular Scandinavian name after the time of an 11th century king, Magnus I. The name “Chase” means “hunter”, so Magnus’s name means “Great Hunter”.

He is Left Handed.

He was the first POV protagonist to openly swear, but he does filter his and others language throughout his series.

His favorite colors are Black and Beige. (and he hates blue. Nailed it uncle Rick.)

Magnus does not like physical contact.

Magnus likes to read. Before Natalie died, he had a huge collection of books which was lost in the fire. He spent much of his time on the streets at the Boston Public Library. His favorite authors are Steven King, Darren Shan, Neil Shusterman, Michael Grant, and Joe Hill.

Before he died, Magnus had tried alcohol, thrown up, tried alcohol again, and thrown up again.

In addition to being his son, Magnus is also a Legacy of Frey, since the Chase family is descended from Swedish nobility, and Frey was the first of one of the most prominent houses of Swedish Kings.

When he was young, Magnus struggled with severe asthma. He describes that his mother would just hold him through these episodes since there was nothing else she could do. This may have only been a side effect of other potential issues, since he also described himself as being thin and having a chest that “almost sunk in” before he died. His mother would take him out to national parks every weekend because being in nature was the only thing that really helped him.

He has a fear of wolves, which is called Lupophobia.

Due to being a son of Frey, Magnus is good with horses, since Horses are one of Frey’s sacred animals.

Magnus has control to a degree over telepathy. He is able to see into people’s minds while healing them, but he also was able to reach out to and hear the thoughts of both the fish in the stream and Andvarti when looking for the treasure in book 2.

Here’s a playlist of songs I think Magnus would like

(Gonna keep updating it)

[1moreff-creator]

🫵 fellow Min enjoyer spotted, i shall share a headcanon with you because it’s been rotating around in my mind ever since the conclusion of the chap 1 trial

i always found it a bit odd that she was killed by wolves instead of, i dunno, being crushed to death by a giant book or something. it would match her talent better, which is sort of the point of a danganronpa execution. what do wolves have in relation with the Ultimate Student?

well, what if she had lupophobia? we know she’s not just scared of wild animals in general (probably) because of her fondness for insects. executions also tend to mess with the blackened’s fears, so it would make sense.

(i know it would likely be confirmed by the devs if she was afraid of wolves but this is my headcanon and i’m clinging onto it)

what are your thoughts on this? :D

Oooh, that’s a cool (and sad) headcanon! I like it! I’ve always figured the wolves tie into the name of the execution, “Thrown to the Wolves”. As in, “if Min makes too many mistakes, she’ll be discarded and abandoned”. But lupophobia could work really well, too!

Now, the next step would be headcanoning how the mastermind would even find out about this. Maybe while watching some of Veronika’s movies, Min got really scared of werewolves? Or they went on a school trip to a zoo and Min got nervous around wolves?

In any case, it’s a pretty fun headcanon! Thanks for sharing!

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Giving a vocaloid lupophobia from rp is so funny what’s piko gonna do when he sees dex

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halloween theme phobias

Arachnophobia - Fear of spiders

Astraphobia - Fear of thunder and lightning

Bogyphobia - Fear of the boogeyman

Chiroptophobia - Fear of bats

Coulrophobia - Fear of clowns

Hemophobia - Fear of blood

Lupophobia - Fear of wolves and werewolves

Maskaphobia - Fear of masks

Necrophobia - Fear of dead things

Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark

Phasmophobia - Fear of ghosts

Placophobia - Fear of tombstones

Samhainophobia - Fear of Halloween

Sanguivoriphobia - Fear of vampires

Selenophobia - Fear of the Moon

Skelephobia - Fear of skeletons

Teraphobia - Fear of monsters

Wiccaphobia - Fear of witches

[chelsea-hendrix]

October 21st, 2024

Phobias Match Up

1.) Arachnophobia 

H.) Fear of spiders

2.) Astraphobia 

C.) Fear of thunder and lightning

3.) Bogyphobia 

N.) Fear of the boogeyman

4.) Chiroptophobia 

Q.) Fear of bats

5.) Coulrophobia 

R.) Fear of clowns

6.) Hemophobia 

D.) Fear of blood

7.) Lupophobia 

M.) Fear of wolves and werewolves

8.) Maskaphobia 

L.) Fear of masks

9.) Necrophobia 

I.) Fear of dead things

10.) Nyctophobia 

P.) Fear of the dark

11.) Phasmophobia 

B.) Fear of ghosts

12.) Placophobia - 

O.) Fear of tombstones

13.) Samhainophobia 

K.) Fear of Halloween

14.) Sanguivoriphobia 

A.) Fear of vampires

15.) Selenophobia 

E.) Fear of the moon

16.) Skelephobia 

J.) Fear of skeletons

17.) Teraphobia 

F.) Fear of monsters

18.) Wiccaphobia 

G.) Fear of witches

[navysealunsealed]

Phobia Match-up

1.) Arachnophobia H. Fear of spiders 2.) Astraphobia C. Fear of thunder and lightening 3.) Bogyphobia N. Fear of the boogyman 4.) Chiroptophobia Q. Fear of bats 5.) Coulrophobia R. Fear of clowns 6.) Hemophobia D. Fear of blood 7.) Lupophobia M. Fear of wolves and werewolves 8.) Maskaphobia L. Fear of masks 9.) Necrophobia I. Fear of dead things 10.) Nyctophobia P. Fear of the dark 11.) Phasmophobia B., Fear of ghosts 12.) Placophobia - O. Fear of tombstones 13.) Samhainophobia K. Fear of halloween 14.) Sanguivoriphobia A. Fear of vampires 15.) Selenophobia E. Fear of the moon 16.) Skelephobia J. Fear of skeletons 17.) Teraphobia F. Fear of monsters 18.) Wiccaphobia G. Fear of witches

[gonefishing712]

1.) Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders 2.) Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning 3.) Bogyphobia | Fear of the boogeyman 4.) Chiroptophobia | Fear of bats  5.) Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns 6.) Hemophobia | Fear of blood  7.) Lupophobia | Fear of wolves and werewolves 8.) Maskaphobia | Fear of masks 9.) Necrophobia | Fear of dead things 10.) Nyctophobia | Fear of the dark 11.) Phasmophobia | Fear of ghosts  12.) Placophobia | Fear of tombstones 13.) Samhainophobia | Fear of Halloween 14.) Sanguivoriphobia | Fear of vampires 15.) Selenophobia | Fear of the moon 16.) Skelephobia | Fear of skeletons 17.) Teraphobia | Fear of monsters  18.) Wiccaphobia | Fear of witches