1/24/2024 0 Comments Torment of the styx![]() Finally, there is no doubt that a werewolf is a "doer of sordid deeds" given the atrocities with which they are often associated. A werewolf is also a "Full moon warrior" since the transformation of a human with lycanthropy into a werewolf is triggered in legend by the full moon. "Sower of unplanted seeds" suggests that this is unnatural, and a werewolf is indeed unnatural. Perhaps, also, it is recounting the "rape" of the mind that occurs when the person transforms into a werewolf and assumes that evil persona, something which would be especially traumatic in the mind of an innocent infant infected with the disease. Perhaps, the line is referring to a true invasion of a telepathic nature (similar to Freddy Kruger in the Nightmare on Elm Street movies several years later), but I am unaware of any werewolf legends involving telepathy or mind-control. It would be truly terrible nightmares that would be characterized as "raping the minds of infants" since rape is one of the more powerful words in the English language and since infants are the most innocent and vulnerable of victims. As mentioned before, the chorus suggests that this interpretation is the primary one. Perhaps, then, the "reoccuring symptoms" that "answer the baleful howl" are the transformation into a werewolf upon hearing the howl, resulting in "dreams of darkness" that are not nightmares resulting from terror so much as the nightmares resulting from memories of the evil, destructive thoughts of the person while a werewolf that later surface while the person sleeps. There is also a legend that says that a person inflicted with lycanthropy will transform into a werewolf not only under the full moon, but also upon hearing the sound of a howl. On another level, the word "symptoms" are often associated with the side-effects of medical conditions, and a human's transformation into a werewolf, according to legend, is the result of a disease called lycanthropy. The first three lines taken together say that the "reoccuring symptoms" are resulting from "the baleful howl" and that these "symptoms" bring "dreams of darkness." This suggests that the "symptoms" are the terror brought on by hearing the werewolf's howl (real or imagined) and that the terror brings nightmares. The chorus seems to support the interpretation in the first verse to mean that the author is transformed into a werewolf by "the baleful howl" because in the chorus he is agonizing over why the Witch Wolf (alpha werewolf) is calling for him via the howl. Many Alpha wolves were reputed to have originated from sorcery (voluntarily or involuntarily), although they could also originate by other means such as a curse. It may also be a way of suggesting that the "Witch Wolf" is a particular type of werewolf known as an Alpha Wolf, which is a werewolf that is the first of its line, infecting other werewolves. The use of the word "Witch" is appropriate to that translation because witches are commonly associated with both magic and with evil, characteristics of a werewolf.
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