Wolves sometimes steal people's goats, or even a cow.
Hoping to save their goat or cow, people might shout at the wolves and throw small pebbles at them, but nothing more. They use no weapons against the wolves.
Why is that? Because when a wolf sheds blood, it dips its tail in the blood and then flings the blood at the man who attacked it, and that man dies.
People fear the blood of the wolf, so they do not attack.
Hence the proverb, "My blood is the blood of a wolf," meaning: Shed my blood, and you will die.
Inspired by: "Of the Wolf" in Tales, Customs, Names, and Dirges of the Tigre Tribes by Enno Littmann, 1915.
Notes: You can read the original story online.
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