The wulver is a craitur fae the fowklair o Shetland.[1] They ur aften descrived as fowk kivert in broun fur an wi the heid o a wouf.[2][3] Unalike the warwouf o European fowklair, the wulver wis aye a wulver an nae a man thit got turnt intae wan.[4]
The wulver wis kent as a kind soul wha widnae hairm onybodie wha didnae hairm them.[2][3][5] They cuid aften be fund fishin oan a stane in deep watter, still tae this day kent as "Wulver's Stane"[6], an wuid share whit they caught wi fowk wha lived near.[3][4] They wir weel-kent fur leavin fish oan a puir bodie's windae-sole.[6]