Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-98.193.9.109-20140722035026/@comment-5812695-20140728171456

Neilandio wrote: LadyX wrote:

Neilandio wrote:

Grahamburglar wrote: Well, given that in real world mythology the kanima is absolutely nothing at all like what we got in the show in any respect (except that in some myths they serve a master to mete out justice) I'm going to say.... yes, yes he could. Real world mythology? Can you point me to some these myths? Because as far as I was concerned the kanima was completely made up for the show.

Also, if he is relaed to fire he could be an Ifrit. Check out this, under Argentina and Bolivia, http://www.therianthropes.com/south_america.htm

There used to be something on Wikipedia about them too, but it can't seem to find it right now. That site doesn't seem very reliable though, there are plenty of errors on it, to list a few:

1. Mexico and Panama are not part of south america.

2. The lobizón is not a fox like werewolf, it's literally a variation of the werewolf mythos.

3. President Yrigoyen didn't pass a law turning all children thought to be werecreatures into his godchildren. He merely accepted the requests of a couple of Russian immigrants who thought that to avoid their seventh son/daughter to become a werewolf/witch the president had to be the godfather of said son/daughter. The law that turns any seventh son/daughter into the godchildren of the president was passed in 1974.

4.They confuse Hipólito Yrigoyen with Bernardo Irigoyen, the latest was never a president (neither alive by the 1920s).

5. "In the 1920s, Hipolito Irigoyen came to power backed by the Cabal[...]" What the heck is the Cabal? Does he mean the Capitol (capital in spanish)?

The most reliable source I found about the myth of the Kanima is this page which makes a collection of already established myths about werejaguars. It's worth noting that most of these myths are similar to what is known in contemporanean culture as a Skin Walker. What I really want to know is where Jeff came with the word Kanima. What is Cabal? One spelling to Kabbalah. I can't explain, I tried once to read about its so... cuturally impenetrable that when I read Sephirot, Ein Sof, Da'at...I thought that my read would blown.

Lobizón, I don't know... it must be the same of lobisomem (Lit. wolfman) in portuguese. They aren't something similar to werewolves, they are werewolves from western Europe. But I don't know since the Mexican hunter keep calling them as "lobitos" but I think its just the Spanish word for wolf.

Also, it shows "encantados" as Brazilian mythology. It is not, I don't know from where they took it but the its suspiciously similar to the Dansk book Little Mermaid (people living underwater who live long lives but die forever). Boto (freshwater dolphin), by other side, is a legitimate shapeshifter. He turns into a handsome guy and let children behind. More of the "I am virgin, I swear, it was magic" legends around the world.

Also, while I am not familiar with hispanic shapeshifting mythos, the closest thing with the kanima in Teen Wolf are some greek and celtic myths, and even those are very distinct. They can very well register kanimas as their intelectual property.