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White wolf, lone hunter,

Stalking the night time stalker

To punish folly.

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Awesome! I love that aspect of the lore that it hunts you if you hunt at night, makes it extra sinister🖤

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I’m guessing there were also good reasons not to hunt at night for the Inuit…like maybe not being able to see weak ice or a drift that hid a cliff edge…😬

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Oh for sure, a lot of folklore is cautionary. There are so many “don’t go out into x alone or y will eat you” stories for good reason.

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Many fear amarok

Fangs on their throat, sharp enough

To pull souls from flesh

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Very cool 😎 I really love this image🖤

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Thanks for letting us know about this- something I might want to use for a story.

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🫡

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I return to suckle you

my whelps, my little ones -

the cold flakes of snow

blow howling in her eyes

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I love the last two lines! What a cool description🖤

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She howls with grief

Soft white warmth turned blood red cold

A debt will be paid

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So beautiful and tender, with just right amount of menace🖤

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And vengeance. 😏

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Alone Giant White Wolf “Amoroq”

No food to feed starving pups,

Returns to den, pups devoured.

But in lake reflection

Blood on mother’s lips

A while cloud free from snow melt drifts.

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Awesome retelling! You captured the atmosphere really well🖤

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