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Dangerous spirits : the windigo in myth and history /
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 west belie...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary :
Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd.,
2015.
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| Edición: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 west 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. --Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781772030334 1772030333 9781772030341 1772030341 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to LAC onsite clients. |