"These early variations of the tale differ from the currently known version in several ways. The antagonist is not always a wolf, but sometimes an ogre or a ‘bzou’ (werewolf)... The wolf usually leaves the grandmother’s blood and meat for the girl to eat, who then unwittingly cannibalises her own grandmother. Furthermore, the wolf was also known to ask her to remove her clothing and toss it into the fire. In some versions, the wolf eats the girl after she gets into bed with him, and the story ends there. In others, she sees through his disguise and tries to escape, complaining to her "grandmother" that she needs to defecate and would not wish to do so in the bed. The wolf reluctantly lets her go, tied to a piece of string so she does not get away. However, the girl slips the string over something else and runs off...".---Wikipedia
Commentary:
1. The brothers Grimm (ironic name) gathered old folk tales and sanitized them for 19th century mid-class readers.
2. The correct term is were-wolf.
3. Native Americans use the term "shape-shifter", which are humans (evil), who take the form of animals (sometimes other than wolves).
4. Look up the word "lyncathropy" in the dictionary.
5. Want to be scared? Watch the movie "Dog Soldiers"
6. Personally, I don't believe in vampires, but a werewolf will get you every time!
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