Why werewolves are allergic to silver

And it is this that kills the werewolf. So clearly, a werewolf is stuffed with sulfur. This can provide other clues to spotting werewolves. Sulfur burns blue, which means that werewolves would, when exposed to flame, emit a blue light. This could go the way of throwing witches in a pond to see if they float, but remember a werewolf should have sulfur everywhere, so try burning hair or fingernail samples first. A werewolf would also emit sulfur through bodily fluids, which would include sweat.

So there's no need to stab someone with silver to see if they're a werewolf. You can just try rubbing a silver bracelet on a sweaty werewolf to see if it tarnishes especially quickly.

Lastly, we all know the smell of sulfur. It's the odor of rotten eggs and one of the reasons you shouldn't rub egg yolks on silver jewelry. If you smell rotten eggs around a person, you know that he or she's a werewolf.

Silver is an effective against Werewolves as it causes severe burning when in contact with the skin, similar to an allergic reaction. Additionally, silver counteracts the accelerated healing of Werewolves, meaning that injuries sustained through silver will require a longer period of time to heal properly. Skinwalkers possess a similar weakness to silver, as it will also cause their skin to burn upon physical contact, allowing one to identify them. However, the effects are less severe than with Werewolves.

The time and amount play a part in its potential power as well. A bullet can be the best choice because it gets inside the skin and is harder to remove. But having a vampire drink a silver concoction, while difficult, would certainly produce powerful damage as well.

A standard silver blade can also be powerful depending on how large of a cut it produces. But vampires can still heal from smaller amounts of silver. Werewolves on the other hand are ten times more vulnerable. Even small amounts and for a shorter exposure to silver can be the end for a werewolf. While werewolves react to even the slightest amounts of silver, vampires are more resistant. It really does matter if the silver is pure and how much is used. She could also go into anaphylactic shock, if not properly and quickly treated, and die.

Well, I would think that if you happen to have allergy to certain food you have to it eat — that touch is not enough. But actually, touch might be sufficient enough. And then I started to think, like why are werewolves vulnerable to silver?

They cannot be hurt with anything else, probably regenerate quickly and silver is not super strong, dense or anything. Maybe this vulnerability is related to biology, I thought. Or magic you can always use magic as an explanation for something you do not understand, haha. Yes, I know that articles like this are silly. But I think they posses certain scientific value — you at least learned about history of werewolves and a bit about allergies.

So, if you happen to be werewolf and do suffer from these symptoms at least you now know what may be behind it! Yes, I enjoy writing articles like this probably the most : Anyway, happy to hear that you liked it!

Good to see some mythology too. I should write about Indian mythology. Article about Indian mythology sounds great!

I probably do not know any Indina mythological beasts or so. And I am glad you liked it! May be I will write about that too. At one point in my life I used to read all mythology stuff I can get. Love the premise of this post. I just feel sorry for people who run into the Werewolves who may have read this and start carrying around Epi-Pens. Ouch, I never thought about it in this context - if there is a sudden werewolf invasion I am trully sorry :D :D.