Why aren't there any werehorses?

[pjthompson]

All kinds of creatures go were, but when you see a run like Barbaro's and the joy he takes in running, I can't think of any creature I'd rather be.

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[pjthompson]

I think that a were horse would have to come out of an entirely different tradition than currently recognized weres.

Yeah, if you used the current model you'd have to have big, bad alpha stallions fighting it out for herd dominance. Meh. I get a little tired of that in werewolf fiction. I just finished Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (thanks, Hannah!) and I liked it a lot--a very good example of werewolf fiction. Even so, the alpha posturing starts to wear thin after awhile.

When I was a kid, I was always pretending to be a horse. In fact, we had a group of little horse-pretenders that I hung out with. We had horses when I was a kid and I couldn't imagine anything more splendid.

Say, in a culture that lives close to the earth, at adolescence the magic rises, so they go out to a spirit journey.

What a fabulous idea! You should write this. It's great.

It's an interesting idea you have here. :)
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You've fleshed it out beautifully.

Maybe I should try recapturing some of those childhood games. When the novel is finished, I want to write some short stories, and I've got a couple started that involved horses.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

Ah, you'll have some good thoughts for those stories at this rate.