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The Cold Demon or Demon of the Night is found in the legends of the North American tribe of the Quileute Indians. This is a dazzlingly beautiful creature with smooth and cold, to the touch like marble, pale skin and dark red eyes.

It was because of his body temperature that he got his name "Cold Demon". The color of his eyes remains bloody as long as the Demon feeds on human blood. But, as soon as he leaves only the blood of animals in his diet for a long time, their eyes acquire a golden-honey hue.

The beauty of their body, the grace of movements and even the smell attract a person, fascinate. But, despite this alluring perfection, these demons inspire tremulous fear. A person unconsciously understands that behind all the external gloss and attractiveness of a vampire lies a mortal danger. Therefore, each person tries to be at a relatively safe distance from these nocturnal predators.

Apotamkin has incredible physical strength and endurance. This Demon's sight, hearing, and sense of smell are sharpened, and its heart is not beating. To maintain his own life, Apotamkin must feed on the blood of living beings. There is a belief that before drinking the blood of the victim, he holds it. This is probably necessary for the minimum purification of the blood, compared to what it was while the victim was in the company of his own kind.

When the Demon of the Night is hungry, it relies only on its own hunter instinct. At this moment, the predominance of an animal being is great in him, rather than a human one. It is with his unbearable and uncontrollable thirst for blood that Apotamkin pays for eternal life, the beauty of the body and physical strength.

For many reasons, the Cold Demon is considered one of the most dangerous nocturnal predators. In addition to great physical strength, he has the unique ability to move silently at incredible speeds. The only way to kill Apotamkin is to dismember and burn all the pieces of his body. The rest of the mythical methods such as: aspen stake, garlic, holy water, crucifixion, will not harm him. He is afraid of the sun, but not because it can cause harm. But, rather, due to the fact that their inhuman essence becomes apparent in the sun. One of the ancient legends of the Quileute Indians says that the only way to protect against the Cold Demon is to avoid any meeting with him. Therefore, it is necessary to return home before dark, so as not to be near the forest in the evening. There is also a version that Apotamkin (Cold Demon, Demon of the Night) in essence is not a typical vampire that existed in Europe. Although, if we take into consideration only the diet of this creature, then we can attribute it to the representatives of bloodsuckers.

Legends of the Quileutes: 1) Quileutes. The Quileutes are a tribe of Indians who have been the indigenous inhabitants of America for many centuries, the Quileute tribe had good lands, although it is small in number, from time immemorial, the Quileutes have sacredly defended their land from enemy attacks. They kept hidden knowledge in legends, which the rest forgot about or did not know about their existence at all, but one day the Maka tribe appeared from the south. The South is the element of Fire in the Universe - it is a spatial, creative Fire. On Earth, the Element of Fire is also a creative force for a person who has lost the ability to create internal and external heat. But if it is used incorrectly, then this element gets out of control and becomes an all-consuming Fire that can destroy the person himself. Then, in order to defeat this numerous and strong tribe, the Quileutes had to turn again to the ancient knowledge of spirit warriors, when the spirit leaves the body and merges with nature in order to regain control and again control the elements and animals. Only then did they manage to defeat Mack, but since Fire is also knowledge, which is a great power, the temptation to control everything and everything increases in proportion to strength, and some disagreements arose within the tribe. There were those who wanted to have more land and did not want to obey the laws of the tribe. One of them killed himself at the hands of the leader and infused his spirit into his body. From that moment on, the Quileute tribe embarked on a path of ruthless conquest. But the spirit of the leader of the tribe was still alive, he used the body of the wolf to return, So werewolves appeared. Wolves do not attack a person, but the essence of a vampire that is in a person, which is trying to suck out all the blood (all that is left of his humanity) in order to completely take control and rule unlimitedly. The wolf wants to remove these negative entities from a person, but it turns out that he bites the physical body of a person, because. negatives are on it. In fact, the wolf is doing everything possible to remove these negations from a person. People - wolves are individual by nature. They solve all their problems on their own, but can gather in a large community (spontaneous flocks) to solve great problems. These people live in their own interests, they make their decision on any issue only after they check everything on their own skin. The Wolf Man is inherently a social orderly, he has a sense of justice and strict order. As a rule, Wolf People live in their own, and not in someone else's mind, do not take advice from the outside, but with all this, they have a "wolf greed" for knowledge. They strive to explore and inhabit the entire nearby territory, which they will subsequently defend without sparing their own lives. Their only weak point is “heart problems” (love), but a sense of duty and justice is above all for them. Centuries have passed. No one guessed that the werewolves are still alive. There are legends about cold demons (vampires) and werewolves, there is a centuries-old confrontation between them. The main task of the Quileutes is to protect people from vampires. As long as vampires exist, the werewolf gene wakes up in the descendants of the Indian tribe and a new meaning of existence appears. Wolves have to unite in packs to fight the sworn enemies of vampires. The Quileutes are a real-life tribe in our time. There are 750 of them. They have their own legends, which speak of their origin from wolves. Wolves still occupy an important place in their culture. In the summer of 2012 there will be a transition from the hall of the Fox to the hall of the Wolf. After that, people's self-consciousness and world outlook will noticeably change. Interestingly, this event is a kind of transition from "dark" to "light". Incredible changes will take place in the familiar world of all mankind. Namely, during this period, the forgotten secret of the Quileutes will become available to humanity and we will witness the manifestation on Earth of a different type of consciousness. 2) Love and inevitability. Many centuries ago, the Quileute tribe lived on the lands of the Reservation, they had good lands, but their tribe was small. Neighboring tribes constantly tried to capture them, but the Quileutes always rebuffed their attacks. And no one knew what their secret was. So it was until the Maka tribe came from the South. They were strong and clearly saw their goal. The Quileutes had a hard time, they had to use the secret of the spirit warriors [The spirit leaves the body and enters into contact with nature to control the animals and the elements] But there were disagreements in the tribe. However, they defeated Mack. True, now some Quileutes wanted more land. There was one who went against the rules and killed his body with the hands of the leader, while he left the body, instilling his spirit into the body of the leader. There were more and more disagreements. And the Quileute tribe turned into ruthless conquerors. But the spirit of the leader was still alive and he used the body of the wolf to return and tell about everything. So there were WEREWOLF. Centuries have passed and people did not even suspect that werewolves are still alive. To protect them... ___________________ Her name was Lee, his name was Sam. They were both descendants of the Quileute tribe and lived on the territory of the La Push Reservation. Nobody remembers how they met. But everyone remembers how strong their love was. He tenderly kissed her goodbye as he left for work. She ran straight home from school to cook dinner for him. When he came, he brought flowers with him for her - in return she gave him a smile. They were both happy. Time passed, and they still gently fell asleep holding hands and waking up smiling at each other. He was everything to her - she was everything to him. One day he didn't come home. And he didn't come back the next day either. This was the case for the next 2 weeks. no one knew what happened. Nobody could find him. And Lee was still waiting for him sitting at the window, still preparing lunch and then dinner ... He was everything to her. Sam was sitting at the edge of the woods trying to figure out what had happened to him when Billy Black [An Elder in the Quillet Tribe] approached him. Billy explained that his transformations were destiny. To protect the people who live in Forks. This is the curse of their kind. He sat and thought about her... She was everything to him. [It's dangerous for people to be around werewolves and they can't tell them anything] The next day, he left her. Just to make sure she's safe. Time passed before she understood everything as she needed to survive it all. She decided that he was everything to her and always will be, but she will no longer think about him, because he no longer loves her. She stopped talking to him. Time passed before he understood everything as she decided. He decided that it would be best for her. But she didn't know that she was everything to him. 3) Werewolves and wolves And Zeus said in a thunderous voice: "From now on you will forever turn into a wolf. A wolf among wolves. This will be your punishment. Death would be too little punishment for you!" The words of Zeus were addressed to Lycaon, the Arcadian king, a tyrant and atheist, who, in order to laugh at Zeus, fed him a dish of human flesh. The roast was prepared from the body of a seven-year-old son who had been killed with his own hands. This is the ancient Greek legend about the origin of werewolves. But in antiquity, the wolf was not at all a symbol of evil, into which it later turned in Christian teaching. Romulus and Remus, fed by a she-wolf, became the founders of Rome. And the Capitoline she-wolf in Italy is still revered as an image of selfless motherhood. Also, the companions of Odin, the Great God of northern mythology, have always been the faithful wolves Jerry and Frekka. The qualities of a wolf cause a certain charm in a person. His speed, mobility, cruelty, courage, absolutely fine hearing, as well as prudence, courage and a penchant for family life. The image of the wolf served as the basis for the creation of numerous European legends about werewolves. During the Inquisition, the wolf, as a "competitor" of man, became an image of evil. The werewolf trials were - like the witch trials - a terrible farce! The verdict was considered established de facto almost always from the beginning of the process. Lucas Mayer, "Cologne News", October 1589 The accused, who did not recognize his guilt, was tortured until he gave the expected answers to the court. "Evidence" was the confession of the defendant in receiving gifts from Satan (ointment for turning into a werewolf). It was during the Middle Ages that the wildest stories about werewolves circulated. Lorenzo Benedikt, "Danish Leaflet", Copenhagen, January 1591 Under torture, people slandered themselves and loved ones in the way that the church wanted. The first werewolf trial took place in 1521, followed by numerous others. So, in 1541, accused of murders, a peasant claimed that he was a werewolf and a wolf skin was hidden inside his body. The judges, to test the claim, ordered that his arms and legs be cut off. Nothing was found, Lucas Cranach "Werwolf" was passed, 1521 acquittal, but the peasant had already died from blood loss. Only in France between 1520 and 1630, the Inquisition "revealed" more than 30 thousand werewolves. Most of them were executed. Lycanthropy "... the trouble begins with the bite of an animal. After a long time, the victim has the first symptoms: the unfortunate are afraid of daylight, also water immersion and begin to beat like crazy, bite and spin. On their actually motionless faces, muscle spasms draw in their lips and expose their tongue and teeth, foam comes out of the mouth, and terrible, guttural sounds are made by these tortured creatures, "- this is how the physician Joseph Claudius Rougemont describes in 1798 the behavior of patients with "Hundswuth" - today known as "Lykanthropie" - lycanthropy. The term "lycanthropy" has Greek roots: "lycos" - "wolf" and "anthropos" - "man". Today it is officially used in psychiatry to refer to a form of insanity in which a person imagines himself to be an animal. Numerous examples of lycanthropy are known in psychiatry, cases of people who feel like supposed wolves, cats, dogs, etc. A classic example is the case of a Japanese girl in 1921 in the Austrian town of Wiesenschaft. The girl became obsessed with the image of the fox, then her behavior became completely consistent with the behavior of the fox. Children born sick showed signs of wolf lycanthropy. Previously, science has completely rejected the possibility of the existence of lycanthrope werewolves. However, then the views of medicine changed significantly - it recognizes the existence of werewolves, understanding as such not only people suffering from mental disorders, but also recognizing scientifically confirmed facts of a purely physical nature. In Mexico, in Guadalajara, there is a center for biomedical research dealing with lycanthropy. Dr. Lewis Figuera has been studying the Mexican Asievo family (more than 30 people) for many years. All of them suffer from a rare genetic disease that is inherited and causes a strong change in human appearance. The surface of their body, including the face, palms and feet, is covered with thick hair (even in women). Some family members have thicker coats than others. Their posture, voice and facial expressions also underwent noticeable deviations from the norm. According to Dr. Figuera, this disease is caused by a genetic mutation that is inherited (Asievo has been entering into only intra-natal marriages for many years) through the X-chromosomes of the parents. In the course of research, it was found that this mutation arose among members of this family in the Middle Ages, but until recently it did not manifest itself. Now the Asievo family lives in the mountain town of Zacatecas in northern Mexico. The locals treat them with hostility, like lepers. Doctors from the biomedical research center cannot cure this disease, which they call "lycanthropy syndrome". But sooner or later they will be able to isolate the lycanthropy gene and give the future descendants of the Asievo family a full life. There are three ways to become a lycanthrope - by magic (curse), by being bitten by another werewolf, or by birth (lycanthropy heredity). Magical transformation into a wolf most often occurs at the behest of the sorcerer (witch, shaman) himself, who casts a transformation spell on himself (less often on others). Such treatment is temporary (for example, the Scandinavian god Loki and the Limikkin sorcerers from the Navajo tribe of American Indians were able to turn into any animal by throwing on its skin) and is not inherited. Similar in essence, but opposite in direction of intent, is the acquisition of the appearance of a wolf as a result of a curse: the punishment of the gods or the spell of evil wizards. It is permanent, or at least difficult to overcome, and, unlike a magical transformation, significantly worsens the life of a lycanthrope. ___========___ Werewolves in the old days were called people who could turn into wild animals, most often into wolves. At the same time, they become bloodthirsty and do not know mercy. Werewolves hunt at night, seeking out and attacking lone travelers. Although they take the form of a wild animal, they can be distinguished from real animals, as they are much larger than their real prototypes and completely retain human intelligence. There are other types of werewolves, the most famous are werewolf and lupine. They prefer to call themselves garou, warriors of Gaia. ACCORDING TO OLD LEGENDS, werewolves (werewolves) descended from the children of Adam's first wife Lilith, who was expelled by God from paradise. Already in exile, she gave birth to four children, who were given to the upbringing of a tiger, a bear, a wolf and a snake. The wolves raised her daughter Enoia. It was she who became the progenitor of the werewolf clan throughout the earth. A real werewolf can turn its fur inside out, becoming a human at this time. It was believed that a werewolf spends most of his life in the form of a beast, and turns into a man only when he is wounded. Stories, legends about werewolves are found in all countries where wolves pose a real threat to people. So, there are many legends about werewolves in France. In one of the medieval manuscripts, a story was found about an attack by a werewolf on a hunter, who showed courage and resisted him. He was able to cut off one of his limbs with a sharp hunting knife, but the wounded beast managed to escape. The hunter put the severed paw into his bag and brought the trophy home. What was his surprise when he opened the bag and took out of it instead of an animal paw ... a woman's hand! In addition, he found on one of his fingers a ring, exactly the same as he had recently given to his wife. The hunter rushed to look for his wife and found her in his room, bleeding from a terrible wound on her arm. In the rural areas of France, terrible legends are still told about the werewolf Lu-garou, a half-man, half-wolf, at the mention of only whose name the peasants were horrified. Similar cases are known in Germany, where wolves also caused a lot of harm to local residents. There is evidence of the existence of werewolves in England and Ireland. A werewolf is not a native of the underworld, like, for example, vampires. This is an absolutely earthly creature. Any person suddenly struck by a mysterious misfortune could become a werewolf. And be sure to become a man bitten by a werewolf. Therefore, people have always experienced wild horror before any manifestation, similar to signs of werewolves. In the Middle Ages, people on the slightest suspicion of werewolf were put on trial, executed, burned at the stake. People who outwardly fit the idea of ​​werewolves suffered especially. If a person by nature had sharp teeth, a thin, elongated face, then the risk of being declared a werewolf and getting on the fire increased many times over. It often happened that a person, according to the crowd, looked like a wolf, was caught and immediately lynched. It ended with the fact that the poor fellow was simply torn to pieces. The maddened crowd tried in this way to find animal hair inside the skin. It was believed that the danger of rebirth of a person into a werewolf increases many times during the full moon. In people "struck by the full moon", the appearance changed - they became like wolves. Then they began to feel cravings for night walks. And woe to that belated traveler who met a werewolf on his way. Neither garlic, nor amulets, nor the sign of the cross could save against this monster. Ancient treatises contain information that a werewolf is dangerous not only at night, but also on a clear day. 4) The myth of the founding of the tribe It happened a long time ago, when Kvoti traveled and settled people on earth, instructing that the future will depend on their deeds and actions. Kvoti taught them how to build houses. One day Kvoti met a Beaver. The beaver sharpened his stone knife and was laconic. Quoti asked what Beaver was doing. Whereupon the Beaver replied: "I am sharpening a knife to kill Quti." Quti grabbed a stone and threw it on his tail. Then he said: “You will always have to carry this on your tail and live in the water. And you can only beat the water with your tail and dive into the water when a person approaches. Then, he met Deer. The deer sharpened the shell. Quoti asked him why he was doing this. Whereupon Deer said, "I'm going to kill Quoti." Quti grabbed the shell that Deer was sharpening and put it on Deer's ears. Then he said: "When you see a person, you will run in fear, stopping and looking back." Not long time passed before he reached the River - Kvoitisoksi. But he did not meet a single person there. Then Quoti spat on his hands and rubbed them together. Ashes fell through his hands and fell into the river. And people came out of it. Then Kvoti said to the people he created: “You will settle in this place. And call yourself Kvoitisoxy (Kvity - Qweets - a combination of the words "quality" (quality) and "sweet" (kind, pleasant)) Kvoti finally got to the people of Ho. And I saw that these people walk on their hands, and they carry their nets for smelt between their legs. At that time, all Ho people walked on their hands and were called Changelings. This people was considered the first to exist. And Kvoti placed those who walked on their hands correctly and said to them, “You will use your feet to walk and fish. If you go fishing, you will catch a lot of smelt.” Since then, and forever, the people of Ho are full of smelt. Then Kvoti reached the Quileute lands and saw two wolves. There were no people there. He turned the wolves into people and told them: “An ordinary person will have only one wife. Only a chief can have four or eight wives. And you, Quileutes, will be brave, because you are descended from wolves, - added Kvoti. “In every generation, you must be strong.” Kvoti reached the people of Ozetti (Makai) and saw two dogs. He turned them into people and taught them to hunt octopuses and opened them to sea food. And then he left. Then he came to the people of Nia and saw many people. They did not know how to fish and were dying of hunger. Kvoti taught one how to fish with a lure. Since then, there has always been enough fish in Nia Bay. And Kvoti continued to roam the earth and settle people, showing them what to do in order to survive.

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn book series and the saga based on these books caused an unprecedented surge of curiosity about everything that was even slightly mentioned in these works. For example, vampires, werewolves, the small American town of Forks and the town of La Push, and, of course, Quileute legends and the Quileute Indians themselves. But is there any grain of truth in the legends of the Quileutes? Cold Demon - does it really exist? Let's try to figure it out.

North American Quileute Indian Tribe exists in fact, they really live in the La Push reservation, and the legends of the tribe say that it came from wolves that could become people. And the name itself speaks in favor of this legend - “quiletes”, which means “wolf” in translation. The La Push tribe still considers them their brothers, and it is a crime to kill even one wolf. People are wolves individual in nature. They solve all their problems on their own, but can gather in a large community (spontaneous flocks) to solve great problems. These people live in their own interests, they make their decision on any issue only after they check everything on their own skin. The Wolf Man is inherently a social orderly, he has a sense of justice and strict order. As a rule, Wolf People live in their own, and not in someone else's mind, do not take advice from the outside, but with all this, they have a "wolf greed" for knowledge. They strive to explore and inhabit the entire nearby territory, which they will subsequently defend without sparing their own lives. Their only weak point is “heart problems” (love), but a sense of duty and justice is above all for them.

The real legends of this tribe, of course, differ from those shown in the film. For example, a legend about the very origin of this tribe from their patron Kvottiya.

A long time ago, when the earth was just emerging, there lived Kuotti, not a man, but not a god either, but one of the primary creatures, which itself contributed to the emergence of other beings. Quottii was a glorious hunter, a marvelous singer and a powerful magician. He had an interesting supernatural ability: he could transform everything he encountered. For example, he could turn a person into a stone or a twig into a bird. He became the progenitor of many tribes, and it is said that he was generous to all living things. His teachings that people should be kind to each other, protect nature, treat everything with love, have passed through the millennia, and are revered by modern Indians. Quileute legends describe that one day, Quottii was hunting in what is now the La Push Reservation and found that there were no people there. Then he went to the mouth of the local river, where a large pack of forest wolves lived. And he turned one wolf pack into people, from whom the Quileute tribe went. And since then, he has always patronized this tribe. Yes, Kuottii was not a god, but his mission on Earth was to help all living beings in those distant times, when it was believed that everyone had a soul: a person, a tree, and the sun.

They have a Tiss-ti-Lal bird calling thunder with its huge wings. Good-natured, but cunning and quick-witted Bayak, who can also be rude, two-faced, greedy and lazy. And there is also a legend about terrifying characters, for example, the legend of Apotamkin, or the story of Daskia.

They say that there lived in the world a woman - a monster named Daskia. She became notorious for stealing children, which she dragged to the Yakilis stream, which flows into the river that flows near the Quileute settlement. Daskia placed the children in a huge box, and then carried them to a secret lair from which they could not escape. The giantess built a large fire, where she attached huge stones to fry the stolen children on them. And the children, meanwhile, did not suspect their terrible fate, since Daskia smeared her eyes with viscous resin, and they could not see anything. While the little captives stood with blurred eyes, suspecting a terrible outcome, Daskia danced and jumped around the fire, anticipating a glorious dinner.

Once, having caught another prey, Daskia danced and had fun near the fire, waiting until the stones were red-hot. The children's eyes were covered with tar. But one girl, who was a little older than the rest of the children, showed unprecedented resourcefulness: she began to heat her hands over the fire and melt the tar. And when she succeeded, the brave child pushed the monster right into the fire. Then the girl helped the rest of the children melt the resin, and they returned home safe and sound.

We must pay tribute to the skill of Stephenie Meyer: her invented stories look more than reliable, and if you do not delve deeply into the essence, then it is quite possible to believe that they are quite true. And yet we must not forget that legends, whether true or not, are just legends. And they are very far from reality.

Apotamkin - Cold Demon The Cold Demon or Demon of the Night is found in the legends of the North American Quileute Indian tribe. This is a dazzlingly beautiful creature with smooth and cold, to the touch like marble, pale skin and dark red eyes. It was because of his body temperature that he got his name "Cold Demon". The color of his eyes remains bloody as long as the Demon feeds on human blood. But, as soon as he leaves only the blood of animals in his diet for a long time, their eyes acquire a golden-honey hue. The beauty of their body, the grace of movements and even the smell attract a person, fascinate. But, despite this alluring perfection, these demons inspire tremulous fear. A person unconsciously understands that behind all the external gloss and attractiveness of a vampire lies a mortal danger. Therefore, each person tries to be at a relatively safe distance from these nocturnal predators. Apotamkin has incredible physical strength and endurance. This Demon's sight, hearing, and sense of smell are sharpened, and its heart is not beating. To maintain his own life, Apotamkin must feed on the blood of living beings. There is a belief that before drinking the blood of the victim, he holds it. This is probably necessary for the minimum purification of the blood, compared to what it was while the victim was in the company of his own kind. When the Demon of the Night is hungry, it relies only on its own hunter instinct. At this moment, the predominance of an animal being is great in him, rather than a human one. It is with his unbearable and uncontrollable thirst for blood that Apotamkin pays for eternal life, the beauty of the body and physical strength. For many reasons, the Cold Demon is considered one of the most dangerous nocturnal predators. In addition to great physical strength, he has the unique ability to move silently at incredible speeds. The only way to kill Apotamkin is to dismember and burn all the pieces of his body. The rest of the mythical methods such as: aspen stake, garlic, holy water, crucifixion, will not harm him. He is afraid of the sun, but not because it can cause harm. But, rather, due to the fact that their inhuman essence becomes apparent in the sun. One of the ancient legends of the Quileute Indians says that the only way to protect against the Cold Demon is to avoid any meeting with him. Therefore, it is necessary to return home before dark, so as not to be near the forest in the evening. There is also a version that Apotamkin (Cold Demon, Demon of the Night) in essence is not a typical vampire that existed in Europe. Although, if we take into consideration only the diet of this creature, then we can attribute it to the representatives of bloodsuckers.