Wolves in Mythology

Wolves are of great significance in most mythology,

Wolves in Native American culture
Wolves are greatly revered in Native American culture, and have been given almost god-like significance. Some tribes, believed that wolves and coyotes had created the world, and that when a person died, their soul went to the land of the coyote, and that a wolf guarded the path walked by the dead.

Wolves in European culture
In European culture, the wolf has captured the imagination of different cultures for centuries, a fine example is Aesops fables, like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" which is one of the most famous, or "Little Red Riding Hood" a similar tale, but not by Aesop, this story originated in the seventeenth century. Another European wolf myth is the popular myth of the werewolf, the word "were" meaning "man". The werewolf myth goes back to ancient Greece, where a story was told of the evil king Lycaon, who gave Zeus human flesh to eat. He was turned into wolf as a punishment.