Wolves in fiction
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This is a list of wolves in fiction.
[edit] Literature
[edit] Fiction
- The Dragon and the George series by Gordon R. Dickson has a medieval English wolf named Aragh (or Aargh later in the series)
- The Wolves of Time by William Horwood
- Journeys to the Heartland - ISBN 0-00-649694-6
- Seekers at the Wulfrock - ISBN 0-00-649935-X
- Malu's Wolf by Ruth Craig - ISBN 0-531-09484-7
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George - ISBN 0-06-440058-1
- Julie - ISBN 0-06-440573-7
- Julie's Wolf Pack - ISBN 0-06-027406-9
- White Fang by Jack London
- Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat - ISBN 0-316-88179-1
- In the Shadow of a Rainbow: The True Story of a Friendship Between Man and Wolf by Robert Franklin Leslie - ISBN 0-393-31452-9
- Flight of the White Wolf by Mel Ellis - ISBN 0-590-42053-4
- The Sight by David Clement-Davies - ISBN 0-14-250047-X
- The legendary, Lee Falk-created superhero The Phantom, has a trained wolf named Devil.
- Wolf Totem by Jiang Rong
- Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce
- Wolf of Shadows by Whitley Strieber
- Wolf Brother by Michelle Piver
- Crying Wolf by Brent Lund Bruning
[edit] Wolves in fantasy
Wolves are traditionally given the role of villains in fantasy literature, like J. R. R. Tolkien's White Wolves that come to the Shire during an exceptionally cold winter and the Wargs that are in league with the Orcs, or like Maugrim in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander makes an exception to this rule: there are two wolf characters in it, Brynach and Briavel, who are on the "good side" and communicate with humans. Jane Louise Curry depicted wolves in The Wolves of Aam, who prove to be heroic. In the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan wolves are portrayed as highly intelligent animals with a strict code of honour, with which some characters can communicate, using a visual-mental system which is the usual method of communication between wolves. However, in one book in the series Redwall, Brian Jacques depicted a wolf as a victim who froze to death in the winter mountains, and later a fox came along and skinned him, claiming to have killed the wolf himself. In The Belgariad the two main characters, Belgarath and Belgarion are both assiociated with wolves as it is a preferred form that they can turn into.
In the more recent fantasy, wolves are more often portrayed more realistically, one fine example being Nighteyes from the Realm of the Elderlings books by Robin Hobb, and often they are strongly tied to the main characters in a positive way, like the wolves of Elfquest. In the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, the main noble house of the series, the Starks, have a wolf as their family symbol and adopt a group of young wolf cubs, with each of the Stark children sharing a bond and certain characteristics with their personal cub. And in the musical Crying Wolf the wolves are protagonists and the humans antagonists, for a change.
[edit] Folk tale
[edit] Film
[edit] Television
- Diefenbaker is a "part wolf" character from Due South
[edit] Anime
- Wolf's Rain
- Wor (the "Wolf King" in the dub) from the Sanrio film Ringing Bell
- Moro, the Goddess of Wolves in the movie Princess Mononoke
- Garurumon, Weregarurumon, Metalgarurmon From Digimon Adventure
[edit] Games
- Wolf, a game by Sanctuary Woods.
- Wolfos are a wolf-like enemy from the Legend of Zelda series. A wolf is also Link's alternate form inThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
- Ōkami features the sun goddess Amaterasu in the form of a white wolf.
- Wolf O'Donnell of Star Wolf in the Star Fox series
- Shining Force has a race called the Wolfling, which is an anthropomorphic wolf. Many of its series feature them as allies. Feda: Emblem of Justice, an SNES game that has roots from Shining Force, has a wolfling named Ain McDougal as one of the two main characters.
- Legend of Mana features an ally named Larc, a dead wolf warrior resurrected to serve the underworld king.
- Shadow Hearts 2 has Blanca, a white wolf as one of the early party members and has a special Wolf Bout mini-game.
- Wizardry 8 lets the player use Rawuffs, anthropomorphic wolves, as party members.
- Breath of Fire has Bo, an archer.
