Finding My Wings

But ‘were’ in old English means ‘male’, because ‘man’ was a general term for all humans and was not gender specific. You would have weremans (males) and wifeman (females). Wifeman is where we get the term ‘wife’ (when someone described another person as their wife they were more literally saying that’s my woman). ‘Wifeman’ is also where we get the term ‘woman’, as it’s just a short form version of wifeman (w’man, woman, you get it.)

So, with that context to bring back to the opening sentence:

and your enemies, closer

"no"

Eurasian Jays, Kuusamo, Finland

In Inuit mythology, Amarok (sometimes spelled Amaroq) is a great wolf—vast, solitary, intelligent—who walks the Arctic night as a force of correction rather than chaos.

Amarok does not hunt in packs. He hunts alone. And importantly, he does not hunt indiscriminately.

He hunts those who forget.

Not a Villain, but a Warning

In traditional stories, Amarok targets hunters who wander out unprepared, hunt recklessly, or take more than they need. Those who act with arrogance, isolation, or disrespect toward the land are the ones who draw his attention.

This makes Amarok unusual when compared to many mythic predators. He is not evil. He is not malicious. He does not delight in destruction.

He exists to restore balance.

By killing careless hunters, Amarok protects animal populations from overhunting. He reinforces an unspoken rule: survival requires humility, patience, and respect—for the land, for animals, and for one’s own limits.

the dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit, of God's immeasurable love and mercy come to intercede for us. is the same bird as the common "flying rat" of the cities, the slums, the poor, dilapidated areas that most folk would never willingly go.