Talk:Yang Xiao Long/@comment-27614873-20170412015121/@comment-24018437-20170416134435

The Cherokee did hold wolves in high regard, as far as I know. The famous 'Two Wolves' tale originates from that particular tribe I believe, and there was a group known as the 'wolf people', who refused to hunt wolves in fear of having the spirit of the wolf taking revenge on them. I think that the 'mainstream' Cherokee culture didn't have a problem hunting wolves though. Just because an animal is sacred or refered, doesn't mean its therefore forbidden to hunt. as for wolves taking revenge from the dead, Asian cultures hold similiar views to tigers. Especially some Siberian cultures don't like crossing tigers, as they worship Amur tigers and call them by the honorary title of 'Amba'. India has no taboo against killing tigers, but it was common to remove the whiskers. That way, the spirit of the tiger wouldn't come back in order to avenge itseld on those that killed it.

As for Japan, I haven't studied the Japanse beliefs towards wolves, but I do know a couple of things. There are some werewolf legends I believe, but Japan held a rather positive view towards them. They left offerings near shrines, hoping that the wolves would eat deer and boars that threatened their crops. Wolves were also associated with messengers of some gods and were often associated with benevolent guardians. Despite that, wolves were often described as frightening by many people, and that they could be merciless and cunning. If someone was killed by wolves, it was thought that he or she had made the gods angry.

Its possible, but extremely unlikely, something like that happened to Taiyang. I highly doubt it. As for a repressed trait, wolves kind of lack that. Tails and ears are kind of obvious, and canids can't retract their claws. Plus, if Ruby or Yang was a faunus, we would most likely know by now.