Quileute Legend, Myths, and Folklore
Quileute Legend, Myths and Folklore
Quileute Tribe The Quileute Tribe, also known as Quillayute, is a Native American people settled on a reservation at La Push Washington State in the United States. The tribe has received national exposure being featured in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. Whereas, the members of the Quileute tribe are capable of shape shifting into wolves, and regard themselves as werewolves. They're the pledged enemies of “The Cold Ones” whom live as … [Read more...]
Quileute Legend In Quileute Legend, in the past there was a war between the Quileute and the Ozette (Eyii'-elat). A Quileute man lost all his brothers in battle. He retired to a hill on the northern side of the mouth of the Quileute river, and cried at that place. That night there was a full moon, and the nights were very clear. On one of these occasions he viewed something in the river, with several animals swimming about it. At sight of … [Read more...]
According to Quiletue legend, a long time ago when elks were men. They decided to throw a potlatch and invite all the wolves, since they used to kill young elk If they wandered off from the house to play. The elks had a very large house; but they consulted collectively, and decided to do without houses and simply live in the woods. They gathered much pitch-wood, which they went to split up. Then many of them invite the wolves. It took them a … [Read more...]
In the "Time of Beginnings", Kweeti traversed the whole world. The first person he met was a white man. At that time the whites were innocent and un-educated. Kweeti taught this man how to dig metal (mammook mola) and many new things. Shortly he came to know everything that white people know now. In addition, Kweeti said to the white man that when he chose to marry, he must claim only one wife and not pay for her. Kweeti next came to Beaver, … [Read more...]
In the "Time of Beginnings", people and animals were a great deal alike and could speak with one another. Then, Kovati set out to give the living things their own characteristics. For example, he created Beaver (one of the First Beings) into the first beaver by placing a mussel shell knife on his backside and created Deer into the ancestor of all deers by placing pointed shell knives on the sides of his head for ears. It's interesting that … [Read more...]
“I smell blood” exclaims a quileute wolf as he struts away in hunt of flesh imagine the surprise when he wanders upon “The Cold Ones” (twilight vampires) their skin shimmering in the sunshine nearly blinding reflecting the sunlight. Additional wolves come as the pack once more recovers its strength in shear numbers. Undiscouraged by the [...]
Learning the Quileute Language can be a way of preserving their sense of cultural and heritage… below is a list of words and phrases with their Quiluete pronunciation.
A hunger, such hunger a vampire must feel. A thirst that can only be quenched by the blood from their human victim, such power at such a cost. Being forced to live in coffins by day and to wander in search of blood by night, forever. Such beauty, in the end just a cold embrace for another. Such beauty, in the end just a cold embrace for another. Vampires are suppose to be beautiful and graceful creatures, but in the dark shadows the attack is quite savage. The horrors of vampires are not portrayed in movies.
vampires still exist. There is no concrete evidence but what will you say when you hear people disappearing without a trace, mysterious deaths and so on. They might not be strong enough to come into the limelight, obviously that would endanger their existence…but they are out there somewhere…..thriving and waiting.
Quileute werewolves were put on the Earth for no other reason than to protect the Quilete tribe from the vampires, both evil and “good” alike. They are the reason our werewolf pack is around, which makes them both a blessing and a curse.
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