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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Smallman, Shawn C. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary : Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 2015.
Édition:First U.S. edition.
Sujets:
Windigos.
Cannibalism > Folklore.
Algonquian Indians > Folklore.
Indians of North America > History.
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples.
Intercultural communication.
Cannibalisme > Folklore.
Algonquiens > Folklore.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples > Amérique du Nord.
Communication interculturelle.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY > North America.
Algonquian Indians
Cannibalism
Indians of North America
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
Intercultural communication
Windigos
Folklore
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Ch. One The Windigo In Traditional And Contemporary Narratives
  • ch. Two "More Than A Canine Hunger"
  • Frontier Encounters with the Windigo, 1636
  • 1916
  • ch. Three "Stunned, Teased And Tormented"
  • Missionaries and the Windigo, 1818
  • 1960
  • ch. Four Prisons, Mental Asylums, And Residential Schools.

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