The image of the wolf has not always been so bad, like the many horror stories in fairy tales, Get across books and films today. In mythology, the legends of many peoples, the wolf played completely different roles. For example, the Indians in North America once worshiped the wolf as their "brother". An eagle is depicted at the top of a famous coat of arms stake in British Columbia on the west coast, the king of the skies, including a whale, the ruler of the sea and below a wolf, the ruler of the country. He was considered brave and wise, In the mythical tradition of many tribes, the wolf was even the progenitor of all human beings, with others the primordial mother of their own people.
A very similar picture of the wolf can be found in the "Secret History of the Mongols", which tells of the origin of Genghis Khan. According to legend, the great military leader and world conqueror is said to have descended from a she-wolf. Also Romu-lus and Remus, the two legendary founders of Rome, owe their lives to the self-sacrificing act of a she-wolf, which she saved from the floods of the Tiber, suckled and raised, as if they were their own pups. The image of the wolf in ancient Greece is completely different. Here the wolf is not a symbol of motherliness, but male potency. Aphrodite became accordingly, the goddess of beauty and love, often depicted in the company of a large wolf.
Not at the beginning of life, but at its end stands the wolf in the ancient Egyptian world of legends. Here he is the guardian of the city of tombs. In the legends of the ancient Teutons, the wolf was a symbol of dark powers.
The supreme god of war Odin was accompanied by his two wolves Geri and Freki. The Fenris Wolf was the most dangerous of all demons. The legend of the end of the world begins with his howling: In the final battle, the Fenris Wolf devours Odin and the whole world.