Changelings:
The official
definition:
change·ling: A child
believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real
child in infancy.
What it means in the
Chronicles of JJ:
Changelings: known as
weres, changelings, shifters, etc. This race of beings share their lives with
another soul, usually animal, but there are also tree and other plant
changelings that are often mistakenly considered fairies/dryads or elves. Their
behavior patterns depend immensely upon their second nature. For example, cat changelings are cat like and
wolf changelings are wolf like. This
race no matter what second nature they possess is destined to mate with one or
more persons for life.
Historically
speaking....
·
Many references of shapeshifting can be found in
Greek and Roman literature including: Ovid
and Bibliotheca
·
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greek and Rome
were often associated with animals.
·
Native Americans in particular passed down
stories of shape-shifters
·
The werewolf has become a bit of a mainstay in
modern fiction
Attributes of a
Changeling (Generally speaking)
·
Usually can shape shift into an animal form or
an anthropomorphic creature
·
Most have abilities that supersede that of human
and their animal form
·
Most seem to have a tie to the moon
·
In Europe it was generally accepted that a
werewolf in human for had the following attributes:
o
Meeting of both eyebrows at the bridge of the
nose
o
Curved fingernails
o
Low-set ears and a swinging stride.
o
One method of identifying a werewolf in its
human form was to cut the flesh of the accused, under the pretense that fur
would be seen within the wound
Becoming a
Changeling:
Just like with the
vampire the ways to become a changeling are pretty diverse:
·
Bitten: Either it can only be caused by a bite
by a fully changed changeling or just any old bite at any old time will do
·
Cursed: Someone was cursed
·
Virus or Parasite: One of the most interesting
versions of a changeling has to be when a parasite changed the person into a
changeling: Madeline Montague’s Wolf (Of Unknown Origins)
·
Born a changeling: A unique and non-contagious
by bite species or they can transform someone into a made version of a
changeling.
Weaknesses (Not weak
in your knees from sexy changelings :)!)
·
Silver
·
Wolf’s Bane
·
Some tales state that the person becomes a
raging beast on the full moon, other stories claim that the individual remains
self-aware while in animal form.
For more on
Werewolves...Click Here!
Can’t wait for some
juicy Changelings? Here are some links
(Yes, again!) for some authors that I like to read.
Happy reading!!!! Up next is . . . . Witchlings!
Still no official release date for the Chronicles of JJ:
State of Unrest (Hopefully Soon!)
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