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So when I was doing my werewolf research for an ask I discovered that there is almost no such thing as a werewolf in folklore. It led me to think about the sorts of things that would count as werewolves in the Otherworlds.

Werewolf stories mostly involve either people either willingly becoming wolves via a potion or wolfskin belt/cloak or getting turned into a wolf as a punishment of some kind.

I came up with three options:

1: Wolf changelings. Fairy changelings with a wolf cloak. Most changelings are female, I imagine this would be a rare male kind. They can do usual fairy changeling stuff, plus they can change into a wolf with the aid of their cloak.
(seriously, like I don't even think I've ever heard of a male changeling.)

2: Garwulf. Also referred to in the Otherworlds as wolf yokai. They can change into a wolf willingly at any time. In fact, their human form is their secondary form, as it is with all yokai. In some places, they have to hide their species, but where they don't there is usually some tell-tale sign of their true form, such as slightly odd hair or pointy teeth.
(note that these would not be classified as yokai in folklore! But in the Otherworlds, anything that has both an animal and human form and can switch between the two, i.e: a kelpie, is classed as a yokai)

3: A werewolf. This is (usually) a human under a curse. The light of the full moon triggers the spell and they are forced to change into a wolf. There ought to be several ways to break the curse, and some variations may cause the curse to spread, but it will vary from spell-caster to spell-caster.

(c) Alicia L. Wright (me)

Description
So when I was doing my werewolf research for an ask I discovered that there is almost no such thing as a werewolf in folklore. It led me to think about the sorts of things that would count as werewolves in the Otherworlds.

Werewolf stories mostly involve either people either willingly becoming wolves via a potion or wolfskin belt/cloak or getting turned into a wolf as a punishment of some kind.

I came up with three options:

1: Wolf changelings. Fairy changelings with a wolf cloak. Most changelings are female, I imagine this would be a rare male kind. They can do usual fairy changeling stuff, plus they can change into a wolf with the aid of their cloak.
(seriously, like I don't even think I've ever heard of a male changeling.)

2: Garwulf. Also referred to in the Otherworlds as wolf yokai. They can change into a wolf willingly at any time. In fact, their human form is their secondary form, as it is with all yokai. In some places, they have to hide their species, but where they don't there is usually some tell-tale sign of their true form, such as slightly odd hair or pointy teeth.
(note that these would not be classified as yokai in folklore! But in the Otherworlds, anything that has both an animal and human form and can switch between the two, i.e: a kelpie, is classed as a yokai)

3: A werewolf. This is (usually) a human under a curse. The light of the full moon triggers the spell and they are forced to change into a wolf. There ought to be several ways to break the curse, and some variations may cause the curse to spread, but it will vary from spell-caster to spell-caster.

(c) Alicia L. Wright (me)