Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History
Shawn Smallman, Grace Dillon, "Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History"
English | 2015 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1772030325 | EPUB | 2,0 mb
English | 2015 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1772030325 | EPUB | 2,0 mb
In the traditional Algonquian world, the windigo is the spirit of selfishness, which can transform a person into a murderous cannibal. Native peoples over a vast stretch of North America—from Virginia in the south to Labrador in the north, from Nova Scotia in the east to Minnesota in the westmdash;believed in the windigo, not only as a myth told in the darkness of winter, but also as a real danger.
Drawing on oral narratives, fur traders’ journals, trial records, missionary accounts, and anthropologists' field notes, this book is a revealing glimpse into indigenous beliefs, cross-cultural communication, and embryonic colonial relationships. It also ponders the recent resurgence of the windigo in popular culture and its changing meaning in a modern context.
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