Handsome Wolf

by Kathy Kelly

Title

Handsome Wolf

Artist

Kathy Kelly

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Digital Art - Digital Art

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For as long as I can remember, I have had a fascination with wolves. Despite their fearsome reputation, wolves are shy, elusive creatures and generally avoid humans and human activity. They tend to mate for life and their population, once common throughout North America, is limited now to just a few states.

Wolves figure prominently in the mythology of nearly every Native American tribe. In most Native cultures, Wolf is considered a medicine being associated with courage, strength, loyalty, and success at hunting. Like bears, wolves are considered closely related to humans by many North American tribes, and the origin stories of some Northwest Coast tribes, such as the Quileute and the Kwakiutl, tell of their first ancestors being transformed from wolves into men.

This piece has been featured in the following FAA Groups and Contests:

Groups:
Daily Promotion
Kingdom Animalia

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November 5th, 2018

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