Giant Wolf

There are ancient depictions of giant wolves throughout mythology and history. Fenrir was a wolf god/monster who grew so big that even the gods feared him. Amaroks were not truly wolves, but were wolf-like in appearance and their name was initially derived from wolves. They two were pretty large, but maybe not as large as Fenrir, just somewhat bigger than a polar bear. The beast of Gévaudan was not considered a wolf by the victims, but other people had nonetheless speculated it to be a large wolf. There are many other portrayals of large wolves in history. Even today, in our comics and cartoons, we sometimes draw stylized wolves as being much taller than they should be, like over 6 feet.
In modern times, we try to make our own mythologies. We use science because science it's on hand through books, TV, and computers. However, we are not scientists, and we misunderstand it sometimes and it doesn't filter into our minds and culture correctly. We like to portray direwolves as very large wolves, much larger than they were. They weren't even Canis lupus, so they weren't wolves. When we have werewolves, sometimes they're bigger than normal wolves. When we don't put it in our cryptozoology or find it in history, then we'll put it on TV instead. 
Giant wolves are aggressive and may or may not be protective of humans. Most importantly, they are usually ready to kill anything. We see this in TV such as Princess Mononoke, Game of Thrones, and Twilight.
Category:Canis lupus
Category:Modern Mythology
Category:Wolves
Category:Mythology