silver hollowpoint bullets

[TheSimpsonsXII]

what if people used silver hollow piont bullets to kill werewolves?

[The_Seeker]

Then the werewolf would be dead.  Though, perhaps you are asking "how effective are silver hollow point bullets?"  Well, as we have discussed any kind of bullet would kill a werewolf, silver or not.  Anything that would generally kill an animal (by this I mean I'm not getting into specifics like allergies and what not) would kill a werewolf as well.

[TheSimpsonsXII]

True, but does mercury do anything to a werewolf?

[The_Seeker]

Of course.  In fact many believe that the origin of the silver myth was not because they used real silver but quicksilver also known as mercury.  Then again, mercury can kill just about any living creature in the right amounts (which isn't that high actually).

[omnipotentoculus]

Mercury might be part of the silver myth, but it is more closely tied to Alchemy and Homeopathy. Silver is the moon metal and in the "like cures like" train of thought, the moon metal is the only thing that can kill the moon creature.

[TheSimpsonsXII]

does garlic do anyting to werewolves (minus the fact I want to be one)

[The_Seeker]

...Too much of it ruins the pasta?  Some don't like the smell?

I believe that the myth of garlic only affects vampires, according to Western beliefs.

[Baron Orelius]

The seeker is right, garlic only works it's deadly skill upon the vampire.  The werewolf is suseptible to only silver, however my own research is very hazy.  Are there not also other ways to kill the werewolf, in christian belief the werewolf is like the vampire associated with the devil and evil.  So would not religious item such as, perhaps, a cross weaken it?

[The_Seeker]

Silver does nothing...unless the werewolf in question had some rare form of serious allergic reactions to silver which would be unrelated to the lycanthropy or if the silver was used in a weapon which would do just as well if it had been made of any other sturdy metal.  Furthermore, (basing this only from what I've heard from highly respectable members of this site) I have been told that the Bible does not mention werewolves and so does not mention them as evil.  Therefore, it can be hypothesized that something such as a cross would have no affect on a werewolf...unless you severly beat it or impale it with a very deadly cross but that would kill anything no?

Yes, there are other infamous ways of killing werewolves, the most famous being wolfsbane/monkshood/aconite.  But this is a ridiculus connection when you consider how toxic aconite really is and how it is capable of killing any animal in the proper amount.  For example, I believe just a nibble on the root is an absolute way to kill a human.

Also, our local vampires report no negative reactions to garlic so that too is a myth.

[Baron Orelius]

My dear Seeker!  I was merely quoting Christian mythology.  I do not claim to be an expert on the matter as you may, I myself have never vanquished a vampire of werewolf(though if necessary I shall). 

[The_Seeker]

I too am no expert, I'm just conveying what has been said here.  Though I don't think you'll ever find yourself in need of a vanquishing.  That was a thing of a past and these "slayers" are rarely heard of anymore.

[Baron Orelius]

Not true my dear Seeker.  Evil never sleeps, it is either preparing to making the binds of humanity or locking them.  I and many others remain watchful.  Their out there, and I want to be prepared as I may hope to be.  You never know what lurkes in the shadows, do not tell me you have never found an unexpected evil hiding in the darkness.  I have already battled evil, I can see you have not!

[The_Seeker]

Are you persuming that vampires and werewolves are inherently evil?

[Baron Orelius]

I don't presume to know that.  I only say, drinking blood is something that is practiced by servents of evil for centuries. 

[The_Seeker]

Servants like those who attend communion?  Besides just because two groups share a common activity doesn't mean they share a common characteristic (in this case, being evil).

But then again, this isn't a section for vampire discussion.  I believe you know the appropriate area well.