A while back, I posted a picture that was meant to represent my inner faerie. This one is my inner wolf, the other half of my spiritual self. While the inner faerie is my connection to the Gods and the Spirit Realm, the inner wolf is my connection to the Earth and the realm of the animals. It is the side that carries the basic instincts every creature needs to survive as well as the unique teachings each animal possesses and passes along to us in their role as a totem or spirit guide.
I have had a deep connection to wolves for years, and have for a long time considered myself more wolf than human - though I am physically human, spiritually I am a wolf. I have dreamt of running with wolves, sometimes as a wolf myself, and continually surround myself with these animals through artwork, posters, books, movies and other objects depicting wolves. I have even seen wolves in person, though sadly it has always been through a fence. Someday I hope to be able to see and maybe even interract with a wild wolf, even if its only for a few seconds.

Onto the description - my inner wolf is marked like the typical Grey or Timber wolf, with shades of black, grey, buff, and tan with a lighter underside. I also add a tiger (another of my totems) stripe pattern to the forearms (and the shins as well but they aren't showing in this picture) and sometimes give my inner wolf wings, black like a raven's wings. She is seen here wearing arm cuffs with celtic knotwork and a pentacle with a green stone in the center. Her eyes are also green - its my favorite color and represents the element of earth.

The name of my inner wolf is Nightwolf...that's where the screen name Luthien Nightwolf comes from.

Nightwolf is surrounded by green leafy vines which intertwine to form an oval frame. Two butterflies flutter among the vines searching for flowers or perhaps just a shady place to rest.

Size 8.5" x 11", colored pencil
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