I wonder when humanity went from "Wolves are cool. Let's befriend them" and "Yeah these two epic bros were raised by a wolf" over to "Wolves symbolize trickery and villains, so avoid them"?
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huge question but one short answer is "Jesus" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_in_folklore,_religion_and_mythology#Christianity
Whoa, this is fascinating! Thank you.
I did not expect to see Finland hates wolves (and loves bears) and always has
I definitely did not expect to see this line:
The Pawnee, being both an agricultural and hunting people, associated the wolf with both corn and the bison; the "birth" and "death" of the Wolf Star (Sirius) was to them a reflection of the wolf's coming and going down the path of the Milky Way known as Wolf Road.
Now I have even more questions like who decided on the constellations we have, etc
In Latvia - never. Wolves are always a credible threat, but in the way that you might want to be friends and/or emulate them. Now the fox, that's a tricky and villainous animal!
That's funny to me because Finland went the other way: foxes are loved but wolves are hated. I know they're not THAT close geographically, but I'd have expected them to have similar leanings