Mel Mystery

Werewolf as a Metaphor, Part 4 – Werewolves and Gender

Like LGBTQ+ folks, werewolves combine both masculine and feminine energies.  The wolf is typically a masculine archetype, but the werewolf is ruled by the moon.  In most cultures, the moon is symbolic of feminine energies.  Like Transgender folks, the werewolf changes form from a man into something else – whether woman or beast.  The process […]

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Werewolf as a Metaphor, Part 3 – Nature versus Nurture

In the not-so-distant past, homosexuals and other sexual and social deviants were relegated to the fringes of society, in much the same way as the werewolf inhabited the fringes of civilized space.  At one time homosexuals “lurked” at the fringes of society in back-alley bars or cruised for sex at night in public parks, bathrooms,

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Werewolf as a Metaphor, Part 2 – Man “Eaters”

In at least one traditional werewolf transformation ritual, the person seeking to become a werewolf chants, “Make me a werewolf.  Make me a man eater.” This can have different meanings to different people.  I personally prefer the erotic, oral connotation. The stigma of cannibalism that is often associated with werewolves does not always need to

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