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Question: Whats the difference between werewolves and shapeshifters!?
Twilight question!. Ignore if you haven't read Breaking Dawn!.

I need to know everything about shapeshifters and werewolves in the Twilight Series!.

Thanks!.
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Werewolves, also called Children of the Moon, are creatures that only transform during full moons!. However, they aren't killed by silver bullets!. They also don't travel in packs, but the shapeshifters do

Shapeshifters would be the Quileutes!. Their eldest shapeshifting ancestor simply chose the wolf form!. That is why every descendent after that has become a wolf!. See, if the elder had chosen, say, a hawk, then the rest would most likely have become hawks!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Werewolves (o6opomHu in Russian) are mythologica humans with their ability to shapeshift into wolves or wolf-like creatures either purpousely, being bitten by another werewolf or after being placed under a curse!. Most of shape-shifters involve animal forms other than wolves!. So you can understand it by comparing werewolves with African werehyenas, Indian weretigers or South American werejaguars to fill the niche of metamorphosis or physical transformations undergone by variouse animals after their embrionic state, as of tadpole to the frog or a caterpillar into the butterfly, for example!. Shape-shifters are not wolf-men as well as all birds of prey aren't only eagles!. The History of European Folklore developing cleary shows that transition of humans from fruit gathering to predetory hunting has been a conscious process reflected in the later medieval superstitions of the werewolves, wampires, physical entities of certain peoples similar to wild beasts of prey in their behaviour up to cannibalism!. The detecting of your enemies is much easier if agressors are werewolves or any other shape-shifters during the training period of youngsters!.
Religious and authoritarian warfares, gladiators' fights, massacres as acts of organised killings, any forms of genocide, persecutions of witches in the past have had similar roots needed in order to arise people's enmity, suspicions, hatred, jelousy, anger against the neighbouring tribeman, foreigner, pagan, unbeliever, alien or modern dissident, to create a separated clan, elite groupe, collective or nationalistic ego cloud and by this way to protect authority with any invisible or real borders!. I think you've understood the difference and will never misinterpret the terms!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Okay, werewolves are 'The Children of the Moon'!. The ones that Caius hunted and almost got defeated by!. The ones who change during full moon and all that stuff!. Shapeshifters are people like Jacob, Sam,!.!.!.the pack!. Shapeshifters developed because the vampires (bad ones) were near, and they were enemies with them because they brought danger to the area!. In New Moon, when Bella goes with Jacob to the campfire, they tell stories about this!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

warewolves are just people that turn into wolves in a full moon!.
shape shifters are people that turn into any animal!.
in Breaking Dawn Jacob's group just happened to transform into wolves!.

Edward explains it!.!.you probably just missed it!.
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Shapeshifters- When the first indians changed into wolves they really could turn into anything!.!.!.a hawk a lion!.!.!.but they chose wolves for some reason!.!.!.they can also change whenever and change back whenever!.!.!.

Werewolves- "Children of the Moon"- Have no choice and change on full moons!.!.the whole real werewolve shabang :)

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Werewolves involuntary change into wolves on the full moon, and go "out of mind"
Shapeshifters change form at will, and it says in the book that Jacob and company could have beome something other than wolvesWww@QuestionHome@Com

Werewolves change into wolve involuntarily when there is a ful moon
jacob transforms into a wolf on command!.
They could have shifted into any animal but Jacobs ansestors ody got stolen so he shared a body witha wolf!. Remember the story at the bonfire in Elcipse!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Werewolves only come out on full moons, where shape shifters can come out whenever!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

werewolves need the moon to change shape
but shapeshifters can change at anytimeWww@QuestionHome@Com