The Wendigo is a mythical creature found in the legends of the first nations people, specifically the Ojibwe and the Cree tribes. It is said to be encountered by campers and hunters in the upper north american region. Native tribes tell stories of a corrupt and hateful creature named the Wendigo, roughly translated, meaning the evil spirit that devours mankind. Without ever being satisfied, the wendigo consumes its prey during the night mostly feeding on lost or people alone in the forest, flourishing in harsh, cold winter climates. There are many different interpretations of the creature but all of them describe it as malevolent, ravenous, and cannibalistic with the sole intent to kill and consume. Some say that when the wendigo eats, it …show more content…
grows in proportion to the food it just consumed so that its appetite is never sated and in turn, is always looking for more prey. This also characterizes the wendigo as the embodiment of gluttony and greed. Some other tribes think that the wendigo is a sign of coming doom and destruction and warns people to stay cautious after being in the presence of one. It is portrayed differently depending on the story but it is mostly said to be very tall, with its skin pulling on its bones, eyes depressed into its sockets and an air of death and decay surrounding it. As the story goes, the wendigo used to be human but it turned to cannibalism in dire situations as a last resort to survive, therefore the wendigo spirit possessed the man turning him into a wicked and hateful creature.
There are many stories of wendigos being seen around upper regions of north america, specifically around Mameigwesse Lake, Ontario Canada by hunters and campers. People have been claiming that they have seen this creature for centuries but there hasn’t been any evidence of sightings yet. Numerous people still believe the wendigo prowls around the woods of Canada, specifically in the coldest and harshest temperatures where the food is limited and survival is challenging and …show more content…
unlikely. In the past, while resorting to cannibalism was rare it wasn’t unheard of due to the many tribes being stuck in horrendous weather and climate. Sadly because of this, food was hard to come by and could be extremely tempting to give in and eat another human, thus the myth of the wendigo emerged to prevent this from happening. There is a mental illness named after the wendigo called wendigo psychosis. Someone with this illness is said to have an intense craving for human flesh even when other food sources are readily available to consume. One of the most famous cases of this illness is with a Cree man named Swift Runner and his family who in 1878 reportedly was starving when his son died.
He was twenty five miles away from the nearest Hudson’s Bay outpost when he slaughtered and consumed his five children and his wife. This would normally be considered cannibalism, but due to the plenty supply of food at his demand and the fact that he still devoured everyone around him. It was obviously not a last resort in order to survive so it was ultimately ruled a case of wendigo psychosis instead of just cannibalism. Another notable case that has to do with wendigo psychosis is one involving another Cree man named Jack Fiddler. Jack Fiddler became a popular shaman due to his alleged gift to protect people from spells and above all else, the terrible beast that is the wendigo. Over his life, he claimed to have “cured” fourteen wendigos. Over his lifetime he became somewhat of a celebrity due to his ability to keep wendigos away. Many of the people thought to be wendigos came to him by choice in order to be killed. Jack had two brothers, one of which, Peter Flett was killed after he apparently turned into a wendigo and the other, Joseph helped Jack in many of his “curing” practises. Jack and his brother were arrested Jack Fiddler and his brother Joseph were arrested after two members of the police
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The characters in John Wyndham’s novel, The Chrysalids may believe that belief and principle are taught, but it does not necessarily mean it is correct.
Have you ever wondered where you would be right now without going to high school? From the book “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, the author tells the story of himself and another boy named Wes Moore living in Baltimore who came from a similar background and community. Wes Moore the author tells the story of himself and how his way of life was and how one choice changed his life forever. And for the other Wes Moore, the author tells us his way of life growing up was and how one wrong decision defined his future forever. The author’s point in this book is to show how your choices that you make in life will affect you in the future. Therefore, the author Wes Moore tells the story of himself, the other Wes Moore, and the decisions that are made in their lives that changed their future.
The Consequence Argument is an argument that concludes a hypothesis to be true or false based on whether the premise leads to desirable or undesirable consequences. This is based on an appeal to emotion, or a manipulation of one’s emotion in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence. There are two sides in the Consequence Argument, compatibilism and determinism. Free will is the ability to either perform or restrain from actions based upon one’s decision. In the free will debate, Peter van Inwagen, a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, takes on a compatibilist view by establishing that freedom can be present or absent in situations for any reasons, and that if determinism is true than one’s
Another thing that our society brandishes as being absurd and somewhat "evil" in nature, would be that this tribe did practice human sacrifices and cannibalism. However, this was not for some dark ritual that can not be explained. It was a belief that the only way another tribe or that tribe's leader could be released into the heavens was through the consumption of what was impure on earth.
There was a period of time, before the appearance of Europeans on the continent, that the Nephilim did not have this “rule” or “compulsion” to keep their existence hidden from humans. The Bigfoot were known to the Native Americans by many names. Legends and lore sprang up from the Native American’s interaction with the Bigfoot. The Native Americans always considered them to be a “society” or “tribe.” The relationship the Bigfoot tribes had with the Native Americans was precarious at best. Many Native American tribes described the Bigfoot as cannibals, mountain devils, kidnappers, rapist, and thieves.
The Native American people have great respect and reverence for nature, in fact the animal spirits and other elemental spirits represent important roles in their daily life (Taylor). They view the world as an interconnected fabric of harmonious and inharmonious interaction between people and nature. One tribe in particular, the Miwok, consider the Coyote as an ancestor and creator of man; additionally, they consider Coyote as a trickster god (Godchecker). A Miwok myth recount a story from long ago in which animals were like people. In this tale, the Coyote and Falcon decided to create man. Coyote pretended to be dead, and permitted the buzzards and crows to eat his posterior (Bastian and Mitchell). As they dug in, he trapped them inside, and
These parallels between the creature and a developing child help to explain many of the mysteries of the book. As we see, the creature goes on a terrible killing spree. There are two reasons for this. First, the creature desires revenge for its isolation. But it seems that the creature is also not aware of its own strength - it is easy for the creature to accidentally commit a murder. What two-year-old would not dream of this power? The creature's identification with mythological figures has some fantastic aspects - children fantasize incessantly. This makes sense. The creature, being new to the living world, is chronologically a child - physically strange as it might be, we can only expect it to act its age.
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This provides powerful insight into the role Bigfoot like creatures played in Native American cultures. Some tribes were not afraid of the creatures, considering them kind and helpful, while peacefully coexisting with them. Other tribes found them to be more violent and dangerous creatures. The fact that these tribes called the animals Stick Indians or Brush Indians seems to suggest that the creatures were simply other tribes they did not get along with opposed to a village of mythical creatures. Some examples of Bigfoot like creatures in Native American tribes include the Chiye – Tanka, the Lofa, the Maxemista, and the popular Sasquatch. The Chiye – Tanka was the Bigfoot like creature of the Sioux Indians (“Native American,” n.d.). This animal
When Europeans first settled in North America the white tailed deer were found only in southern parts of Canada.
all the hunted animals convey connotations of evil, and this is doubtless the reason why the author of the poem seems so involved in the outcome of the hunts and never tires of triumphantly describing the final slaying of the pursued animals. (Howard 85)
The habitat of the Arctic wolf is a very harsh place. The temperature must be below zero degrees. There are tundra, rolling hills, glacier valleys, ice fields, shallow lakes, and green flatlands (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). These snowy white creators don’t have that many places to live. Arctic wolves used to be everywhere in North America, but sadly now they are reduced to Canada, Alaska, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (Arctic/Antarctic: The Arctic Wolf). Arctic wolves are one of the most dangerous types of wolves; people need to find a way to save them and their habitat before they disappear forever.
"One day the Great Spirit collected swirls of dust from the four directions in order to create the Comanche people. These people formed from the earth had the strength of mighty storms. Unfortunately, a shape-shifting demon was also created and began to torment the people. The Great Spirit cast the demon into a bottomless pit. To seek revenge the demon took refuge in the fangs and stingers of poisonous creatures and continues to harm people every chance it gets."
Not only was Perry Smith a male who massacred a family of total strangers, but he also had obvious signs of mental illness (Capote 366), a common characteristic of even the best serial killers (Forensic Science 563).... ... middle of paper ... ... Detroit: UXL, 2005.
Varanus komodoensis live in in islands near the Indonesia archipelago. The komodo dragon was not known to the world until the First World War. The komodo dragon id actualy a species of monitor lizard that has been evolving in the islands that are isolated for millions of years, which has led to it becoming very large. The dragon is not the only large species of lizards in the world, but it is also one of the most aggressive and is so powerful that it is able to take prey many times it’s own size. The komodo dragon is a carnivorous animal. They only hunt and kill large animals in order to survive in it’s natural habitat. Adult dragons are bae to to kill prey much larger then themselves. Young dragons prey on smaller animals in the trees like