Open AccessIncursion Into Wendigo Territory
Author(s) -
Jackson Eflin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
digital literature review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-904X
DOI - 10.33043/dlr.1.0.9-19
Subject(s) - victory , monster , native american , history , ethnology , geography , art history , political science , law , politics
This article explores modern urban legends that appropriate the idea of the Wendigo, a spiritfrom various Native American tribal legends. These urban legends are informed by a culturalguilt of the dispossession of Native American territories, but the victory of monster over protagonist demonstrates the futility of these attempts to comprehend histories of atrocities.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom