{"id":3187,"date":"2018-08-30T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T11:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2021-07-04T12:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T10:10:23","slug":"looking-for-the-wulver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speckund.me\/w2\/looking-for-the-wulver\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for the Wulver"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve heard a lot of the famous Wulver (Sea-Wolf) living in the Scottish Highlands. “Wolfburn’s (remark: a whisky distillery in Thurso<\/a><\/em>) motif depicts a creature found in both Scots and Norse mythology. According to ancient lore, the sea-wolf\u00a0 ‘did liveth both on sea and land.’ Walking on water is not its only gift: the sea-wolf also brings good luck to all those fortunate enough to see it.” (Source: Wolfburn<\/a> whisky distillery in Thurso<\/a>, ‘the most northerly whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland’).<\/p>\n

Does this old famous creature really exist?<\/p>\n

I wanted to find out and travelled to the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.<\/p>\n

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It is a long way to Thurso. And to keep it short: I was not fortunate to see the Wulver. But … hmm – let me explain.<\/p>\n

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United Kingdom, Thurso<\/a> (indicated as red dot). \u00a9SNAZZY MAPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Scotland, \u00a9Rab-k<\/a> – self-made using Inkscape to add text then MS Paint (to overcome upload failure), CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>, Link<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wulver – only a Myth?<\/h2>\n

Originally from the Shetland Islands and its surrounding seas, the Sea-Wolf – also known as Shetland Wulver – is Shetland’s kind and generous werewolf. In contrast to the classic werewolf the Wulver is no shapeshifter, beeing a human and at times of full moon turning into a wolf-like werewolf. According to Celtic beliefs, the Wulver is the stage between evolving from wolf to man; it has a human body but the head and hair of a wolf. The Wulver is not malicious and violent like his werewolf brethren, but is famous for being kindhearted<\/a> and spending its days sitting on rocks and fishing. The Celtics believe the Wulver is immortal, however one has not been sighted for over 100 years. (Source: slightly modified according to Transceltic.com<\/a> and ScotlandStopHostels.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n