Yes! I have to admit that I was disappointed that in "Fantastic Beasts" JKR didn't go more into werewolves and didn't deal with vampires at all. Though it is somewhat fascinating to learn that Muggles can become werewovles as well.
JKR had said in an interview prior to OotP release, that when she created this world, she decided that Muggles diseases, such as cancer, didn't effect wizards, or were totally curable in their world. Meaning of course that there must be other afflictions that prey on this population. Otherwise, one would assume that Wizards would out populate Muggles.
Lycanthropy and vampirism could both be such diseases for the Wizarding community. Its an interesting jump in thought to look at how our modern mythology has evolved a war between werewolves and vampires... What if such a thing existed in the WW as well? Perhaps lycanthropy was first a "made" disease... we know that werewolves are unusual because they speficially target humans... Maybe lycanthropy was a potion gone wrong and instead of transforming the drinker into a vampire killing machine... well, that's enough supposition for the day. And probably enough abuse of elipses as well.
*waits for the release of Underworld (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworld/) as only a reformed Goth can*
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Date: 2003-09-08 12:34 pm (UTC)JKR had said in an interview prior to OotP release, that when she created this world, she decided that Muggles diseases, such as cancer, didn't effect wizards, or were totally curable in their world. Meaning of course that there must be other afflictions that prey on this population. Otherwise, one would assume that Wizards would out populate Muggles.
Lycanthropy and vampirism could both be such diseases for the Wizarding community. Its an interesting jump in thought to look at how our modern mythology has evolved a war between werewolves and vampires... What if such a thing existed in the WW as well? Perhaps lycanthropy was first a "made" disease... we know that werewolves are unusual because they speficially target humans... Maybe lycanthropy was a potion gone wrong and instead of transforming the drinker into a vampire killing machine... well, that's enough supposition for the day. And probably enough abuse of elipses as well.
*waits for the release of Underworld (http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/underworld/) as only a reformed Goth can*