In earlier centuries, evil monsters such as werewolves, demons, ghouls, vampires, and zombies, emerged as the predecessor of modern serial killers. These monsters had become known to be fixated on destroying the human kind. Historically, many cultures searched for possible explanations as to what would be the driving force behind people committing such heinous acts, but was there any factual testament behind their accounts? The legend of the Swaney Beane family is a famous tale which has impacted the monster culture tremendously. Swaney Beane and his wife took shelter in a cave during a time where Scotland was stricken with poverty. It is said that the Beane family resided in this cave for about twenty five years, birthing children and …show more content…
Were these acts committed based on survival, belief in evil spirits inhabiting the bodies of animals, or were individuals simply just motivated by a monster that lived within themselves? The Beane family lived in a time of poverty, possibly executing these crimes of cannibalism as a way to to satisfy their needs for survival; however, while committing these crimes, they were also robbing their victims of everything they had, so why wouldn’t they just use the money or valuable items to buy food, instead of eating human flesh? According to Hickey, “In the past, explanations for mass and serial murder were often derived from demonology or the belief that life events were controlled by external forces or spirits” (2015, p. 47). Many cultures believed that possessed humans could transform into a wolf, and in history wolves were deemed to be the animal most associated with the devil. Hickey stated, “The purpose to this human-to wolf transformation was the inevitable killings of humans, particularly children, in order to eat human flesh” (2015, p. 48). Individuals may have also believed they were
Have you ever played outside with your dog for a while and lay back to consider about how your dog evolved into whom he is today and how he turned into "family?" Well, over the centuries, dogs have evolved a lot! In between that time, they turned into what we call pets. Because of this, the relationship between dogs and humans has changed over thousands of years, wolves evolved to dogs and the wolves soon became pets.
We could assume that every wolf was once a man. At the beginning Carter explains how wolves are “carnivore incarnate and he’s cunning and ferocious”, but yet she also explains how “melancholy” a wolf can be because “the beasts would love to be less beastly if only they knew how” (110, 112).
Around 1903 when my parent's died to survive, my brother, Andrew, and I began to perform a musical act on the streets of Chattanooga. I sang and my brother accompanied me on the guitar, often in front of the White Elephant Saloon. In 1912, when Clarence my older brother returned to Chattanooga, he persuaded the managers of his troupe, Lonnie and Cora Fisher, to give me an audition. Consequently, I was hired as a dancer with the Moses Stokes Company, to perform in a show that included the Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey. Intriguing rumors surround our meeting—legend has it that Ma Rainey literally kidnapped me, that she and her husband forced me to tour with their show, teaching me in the process how to sing the blues. Some rumors say we had
Bobby Seale was born in Texas, on October 22, 1936. He similar to Newton moved to Berkley and lived in crowded, dirty housing projects. Throughout his childhood he was constantly surrounded by poverty, partly due to his father not receiving a proper education. He joined the U.S. Air Force but then was discharged after he began to curse at his superior, for disrespecting him. He then enrolled to Meritt College and joined the Afro-American Association, where he met Newton.
The reasons for cannibalism have varied. Sometimes there was simply limited food. Some groups liked the taste of human flesh. However, mostly the reasons had to do with revenge or punishment for crimes, ceremony and ritual, or magic. Some victorious tribes ate their dead enemies to absorb their strength. In come rituals, the deceased were eaten by relatives, as a manner of reverence or honor for their ancestors, or as a desire for the soul of the dead to be reborn in the body of the consumer. This is called endocannablism.
The wolf was once a much slandered animal. In the western world, people feared and hated wolves, and this legacy is reflected in stories such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Boy Who Cried Wolf. In these popular children's tales the wolf is made out to be a prowler and a killer of livestock and people. There is some basis for The Boy Who Cried Wolf, for wolves have killed cattle and sheep. But what of Little Red Riding Hood? There are no records of wolves killing humans in Canada or the United States. Yet, when wolves were spotted near rural communities, fear used to grip the populace, but over time this has become less prevalent.
Bob Fosse was born on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Robert Louis Fosse.
The grey wolf has been transformed into what we, today, call a dog. After years of traveling with humans, the wolf began to change and became adapted and tame enough to socialize with humans. The environment it was placed into was one of the causes for change, and another was the role it played for humans.
There are and can be many medical conditions that can act similar to a werewolf. They can also may have been contributed in the early belief of mythical creatures. For example, hypertrichosis, creates strangely long facial hair and in unusual spots on the rest of the human body. A second condition is known as porphyria. This condition included problems with the bright light. When seeing the bright light the human body would react differently than normal and could experience seizures and anxiety. Now, these serious conditions obviously can’t turn an ordinary human into a werewolf, but a long time ago many people believed it could. Not only did they believe humans could turn into werewolves, but also witches, vampires, and magic was very
Within the world of humanity there are three types of beings: Sheep, Wolves, and Lions. The Wolves are false Sheep, hunters in Sheep’s clothing, dealers in illusion, beings that walk among the Sheep, beings that are perceived as one of the flock, but are not.
During the long cold ice age there was these wolves that transformed into dogs. They transformed in a very unusual
What? Dogs used to be wolves? Well, dogs have been around for thousands of years. Dogs were around when the first wolves came on this earth. The way that wolves became dogs is very interesting. The relationship between dogs and humans has changed over time because dogs have changed and became pets.
There are many variations on human cannibalism, but the main three are survival cannibalism, endocannibalism and exocannibalism. Survival cannibalism is the practice of human beings eating other human beings as a necessity in order to survive. This type of practice
Many cultures practiced cannibalism as part of religious rituals, and even in America’s past, many have turned to cannibalism out of desperation, when stranded by weather or lost in the wilderness. The thing is, people used to find themselves in life or death situations far more than they do now. Survival cannibalism—eating another human because there is literally nothing else to eat and you will die otherwise—is easier for us to stomach. Cannibalism in term is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa. Cannibalism has recently been both practiced and fiercely condemned in several wars, especially in Liberia and Congo. It has been occasionally practiced as a last resort by people suffering from famine, including in modern times. Other islands in the Pacific were home to cultures that allowed cannibalism to some degree. In parts of Melanesia, cannibalism was still practiced in the early 20th century, for a variety of reasons — including retaliation, to insult an enemy people, or to absorb the dead
Another reason behind their cannibalistic instinct is due to self-regulation. Large populations mean less food to go around. Eliminating members of the intrusion means fewer mouths to feed, resulting in more food for everyone else. Usually, this occurs with the females consuming eggs and nymphs when food is scarce.