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Dangerous spirits : the windigo in myth and history / Shawn Smallman.

Title
Dangerous spirits : the windigo in myth and history / Shawn Smallman.
Author
Smallman, Shawn C.
Publication
  • Victoria : Heritage House Publishing, 2015
  • ©2014

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221 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Summary
An examination of the role of windigo narratives among the Algonquian peoples of North American and how those narratives were influenced through colonialism.
Alternative Title
Windigo in myth and history
Subject
  • Windigos
  • Cannibalism > Folklore
  • Algonquian Indians > Folklore
  • Indians of North America > History
  • Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
  • Intercultural communication
  • Algonquian Indians
  • Cannibalism
  • Indians of North America
Genre/Form
  • Folklore
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Windigo in Traditional and Contemporary Narratives -- "More than a canine hunger": Frontier Encounters with the Windigo, 1636-1916 -- "Stunned, teased, and tormented": Missionaries and the Windigo, 1818-1960 -- Prisons, Mental Asylums, and Residential Schools.
ISBN
  • 1772030325 (pbk.)
  • 9781772030327 (pbk.)
OCLC
900141145
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library