传说：狼

If a wolf looks at a man before the man sees the wolf, the man will temporarily be unable to speak. The wolves of cold regions are cruel and fierce, but those of Africa and Egypt are weak. It is not true that men can be turned into wolves and back into men (werewolves), though the Greeks believed it. If a wolf while eating looks away from its food, it forgets what it is eating and goes to look for something else. The tail of the wolf contains a love potion in a small tuft of hair, which is only effective if the tuft is plucked from the wolf while it is still alive; for this reason a wolf when caught will shed the tuft of hair, rendering it worthless. Wolves breed only twelve days of the year. It is considered to be the finest of omens if a wolf eats large mouthfuls of earth when barring the way of travellers who come upon it on their right hand side.

狼若见人，而人未见狼，人则一时喑哑。寒地之狼性凶残，非洲及埃及之种则羸弱。人可化狼而复作人（狼人），此说不实，希腊人反以之为信。狼食而不视食，则忘所食为何物，转而寻他物而去。狼尾有一小撮毛，含媚药，唯于狼犹生时拔之方有效。故而，狼遭擒则褪毛，使之无用。狼一岁之繁殖期仅为十二日。旅人逢狼拦路于道右，见其大口吃土，其兆大吉。

The name wolf (lupus) comes from the Greeks, who call the animal lukos this word also indicates the morals of wolves, which rapaciously kill whatever they encounter, and always desire blood. Some say lupus is from leo-posbecause like the lion the wolf has its strength in its feet. Country folk say that a man will lose his voice if a wolf sees him first. If a wolf senses that it is being watched, it loses its ferocity. Wolves can go a long time without eating, but then they eat a great deal. They mate only twelve days in a year.

狼之名（lupus）得自希腊人。他们称其为lukos。此词亦暗指狼之行径，滥杀嗜血。有人说lupus源自leo-pos（狮子-脚），因其劲在脚，狮亦然。村野之人说，狼若见人在先，人则喑哑。狼若察觉为人所监视，则凶猛不再。狼可长久不食，食则猛。他们一岁仅交配十二日。