Essa conexão, que agora é um clichê inviável, foi inventada. No entanto, essa crença está tão arraigada nas convenções da mitologia que agora se tornou parte integrante dela.
"Most modern fiction describes werewolves as vulnerable to silver weapons and highly resistant to other injuries. This feature does not appear in stories about werewolves before the 20th century (the claim that the Beast of Gévaudan, an 18th-century wolf or wolf-like creature, was shot by a silver bullet appears to have been introduced by novelists retelling the story from 1935 onwards and not in earlier versions).[37]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf
Esta bala de prata necessária para matar faz sentido sob o link da Magia da Simpatia, a magia Simpática, ou magia associativa, de acordo com a lei do contágio
“The law of contagion is a folk belief axiom found in magical thinking which suggests that, once two people or objects have been in contact, a magical link persists between them « http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_contagion:
Na superfície, faz sentido, no entanto prata (Argentium) é apenas um dos metais a serem associados com a lua, juntamente com qualquer cinza ou prata como chumbo, mercúrio ou mercúrio, ou selênio. Sua principal associação com a lua parece ter sido porque era um dos únicos 7 metais encontrados na antiguidade e os fazia corresponder aos planetas:
"The ancients believed in a connection between these seven metals and the seven Classical planets. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metals_of_antiquity
Além disso, a própria deusa da lua é Selene, não Artemis
“Both Selene and Artemis were also associated with Hecate, and all three were regarded as lunar goddesses, although only Selene was regarded as the personification of the moon itself. Her Roman equivalent is Luna.[2] » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene
Note-se que Luna ou Lune é o nome da própria lua é várias línguas latinas, portanto, loony, lunatic, lunar, também:
“Greek selene (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)” http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=moon&allowed_in_frame=0