User:Bearerofthecup







Hello and welcome to Bearerofthecup's user page! Formerly the user Cupbearer, since resurrected.

I am a graduate of Penn State University; my fields of study were geology and medieval history.

Within geology, my specific interests are:


 * seismology


 * vulcanology


 * impact geology


 * evolution of cetaceans


 * evolution of birds


 * speleology

Within medieval history, my specific interests are:


 * the Crusades


 * gothic architecture


 * medieval hunting


 * Arthurian legend


 * Y Gododdin

Initially I planned on furthering studies in medieval history and parapsychology at the University of Edinburgh, however the late-2000s recession prevented me from amassing the required funds. I was also obligated to give up money that had been set aside to fly hot air balloons commercially.

I currently work in law enforcement.

I have no interests, only obsessions. These include the paranormal, UFOs, cryptozoology, and related issues that the "enlightened" refer to as pseudoscience (being a scientist myself the ostracism is more than mere sticks-and-stones stuff). However my edits are mostly focused on the phenomenon of man-eaters, particularly Old World wolves, and how these incidents have contributed to the werewolf legend and affected the reputation of the wolf. I am also interested in superstitions related to wolves and other man-eaters.

As user Cupbearer I made contributions to:


 * Loch Ness Monster


 * Examples of feudalism


 * Ecgfrith of Northumbria


 * Samhain


 * St. Brice's Day massacre

I tried to edit Siege of Jerusalem but was overpowered by historical revisionists wielding falsehoods. I'll stick to less-controversial issues now, like animals eating people.

Articles I have created as Bearerofthecup:


 * Wolf of Soissons


 * Wolves of Périgord


 * Wolf of Sarlat


 * Wolves of Paris


 * Wolf of Ansbach


 * Luparii


 * Hunting of Jean-Baptiste


 * Wolfcatcher Royal


 * Captain Duhamel (coming soon!)


 * Jean-Charles-Marc-Antoine Vaumesle d'Enneval (coming soon!)


 * Music of the Hunt (coming soon!)


 * Wolf of Gubbio


 * Several great man-wolf folktales, perfect links for the Werewolf and Attitudes toward wolves articles:


 * Wolf of Magdeburg (deleted by fiends!)


 * Wolf-Sigmund and Wolf-Sinfjötli (coming soon!)


 * Wolf of St. Angelo (coming soon!)


 * Niceros and the Wolf (coming soon!)


 * Wolf of Riom (coming soon!)


 * ... maybe a general article on wolf problems France has borne throughout history, and the social effects thereof, focusing on the 18th-century in particular (if you know about the extent of this, you know it's notable). A good companion to the Attitudes toward wolves article, especially considering the treatment of the issue is mostly North American. Wolves and society in France maybe ...

Articles to which I have contributed as Bearerofthecup:


 * Wolf tone


 * Antoine de Beauterne (I wrote this article in entirety, but didn't create it)


 * I do plan on expanding Jean Chastel. Soon it will be so vast and informative that I will rule the world!

Articles I watch, edit, and link to often:


 * Wolf


 * Wolf hunting


 * Wolf attacks on humans


 * Attitudes toward wolves


 * Beast of Gévaudan

See a theme, anyone? The bias is that wolves are incapable of harm - a view I aim to correct. Mythology and folklore aren't rife with evil wolves for no good reason; it's a reflection of historical perceptions of the wolf, perceptions which could not have simply developed in a vacuum. Perceptions based on behaviour. These perceptions affect myth, which in turn affect human treatment of the wolf. The result has been unequivocally negative for the wolf. Is there no one interested in the source of the wolf's bad reputation?

Also, I wish there were more information available concerning these sorts of things.