MYTH

Werewolves origin

{This is the story. I am not the one how wrote this but I couldn't out the story in my own way better then they did}.

The history of the werewolf has roots in many different cultures, dating back to ancient times. One legend in particular refers to an early Native American tribe in the area that is now known as Wisconsin in the United States of America. It was here that members of the tribe (most likely those who became the Fox tribe) may have been the first to receive the gift of the werewolf.

In this legend, there is a spirit-god named Wisakachek (Native American Mythology). Wisakachek [pronounced 'Wee-ZA-Kah-Chek'], was a shape-shifter who lived in the woods. He was a friend to humans whose default physical form was that of a wolf.

One day Wisakachek was roaming the woods in the form of a man when he saw two brothers from the Fox tribe hunting. The boys, named Keme and Matchitehew [pronounced 'Match-it-AYOO'], had just caught a deer with their bows and arrows.

Wisakachek walked up to the boys and presented himself as a lost and hungry wanderer from a different tribe. Keme offered the "stranger" some of the deer meat that they had just caught, and Wisakachek accepted.

About a week later, Wisakachek appeared in the same part of the woods again and saw the same boys again hunting. Matchitehew explained that ever since they caught the deer a week earlier they hadn't been able to catch anything and were very hungry.

Wisakachek, remembering the boys' previous generosity, told them he had no meat to offer them, but he could share with them his power to shape-shift into a wolf so that they could catch a deer more easily. At first the boys didn't believe him, but when Wisakachek transformed into a wolf and back in front of their eyes, they excitedly agreed.

The only condition that Wisakachek gave Keme and Matchitehew was that they could not use their wolf-forms to hurt any humans, only to hunt.

Months went by and the boys used their wolf forms to catch enough deer for the entire village. One day, Matchitehew was in an argument with another boy in the village, and in his anger, Matchitehew transformed into a wolf and killed the boy.

Now fearing their power, Matchitehew and Keme were both cast out of the tribe and forced to live in the woods.

Wisakachek was furious. He cast a new spell on Matchitehew so that from that day forth, he would no longer be able to shape-shift at will. Every day he would take on a complete human form and every night he would transform into a mindless wolf.
Keme, having done no wrong, was allowed to keep his shape-shifting ability. Having been cast out from the Fox tribe and knowing that Matchitehew would be unable to control himself in his wolf form, Keme left by himself into the wilderness.
Matchitehew is now known as the Father of Werewolves, being the first one and creating the others.

This is where the history of the werewolf begins, but it is far from where it ends. Many years went by with no sign of Matchitehew or any other aggressive night wolf.

Legends from other tribes told stories of wolves, larger than men, hunting near their villages. Several tribes reported flocks of animals, including horses, being brutally ravaged in the middle of the night. Stories of these creatures began spreading to more and more tribes across North America, though the wolves were rarely reported by anyone other than Native tribes.

These stories of the history of the werewolf were thought to be legends for many, many years, until a string of modern werewolf sightings beginning in 1936 changed everything. Where did these sightings take place? In the United States, of course. In a state called Wisconsin.