Silver bullet
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Traditionally, the silver bullet is the only kind of bullet for firearms that is effective against a Werewolf, witch, or monster.
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[edit] In folklore
The idea of the werewolf's supposed vulnerability to silver probably dates back to the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan, in which a gigantic wolf is killed by a person wielding a gun loaded with silver bullets.
In the Brothers Grimm fairy-tale of The Two Brothers, a bullet-proof witch is shot down by silver buttons, fired from a gun.
In some epic folk songs about Bulgarian rebel leader Delyo, he is glorified as being unkillable by a standard sword or gun, due to which his enemies cast a silver bullet in order to murder him.[1]
[edit] Idiomatic usage
The term has been adopted into a general metaphor, where "silver bullet" refers to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an expectation that some new technology or practice will easily cure a major prevailing problem.
[edit] See also
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[edit] References
- ^ Стойкова, Стефана. "Дельо хайдутин" (in Bulgarian). Българска народна поезия и проза в седем тома.. Т. ІII. Хайдушки и исторически песни. Варна: ЕИ "LiterNet". ISBN 978-954-304-232-6. http://liternet.bg/folklor/sbornici/bnpp/haidushki/58.htm.
[edit] External links
- More on the confusion between silver bullet and magic bullet here
- Another site on Silver Bullets
- Casting Silver Bullets
- Lone Ranger Go Away. Classic 1964 Article
