Monday, November 30, 2015

The "Wendigo's"

          The book "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden is a very interesting book, i am on page 46 and the one thing that has stood out to me, was when he brought up the super natural being the "Wendigo". The "Wendigo" is a Mythological being of Algonquian Native Legend in which a human has fed on another human. This has caused them to evolve into something that isnt human, has claws, taller, stronger. This part of the book is very interesting and should be to any who like Mythological beings. In the book the "Wendigo"  comes to be by a small family of Three. The Father who is going out to Hunt, brought his wife and child with him and promised to feed his child. For all the tracks they followed, they all lead no where. eventually it led to the Husbands demise. it left the wife no other choice but to eat the flesh of her husband to survive. The wife then fed the baby, and went back to the town with all the "Food". This eventually led to them to dying in the outcome. i thought this part was very well placed and well told.

4 comments:

  1. The history of the Windigos gives us a description of the firm belief of Aboriginal people's superstition and how spiritually connected them are in the community.

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  2. The history of the Windigos gives us a description of the firm belief of Aboriginal people's superstition and how spiritually connected them are in the community.

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  3. I knew about the wendigos prior to reading this novel because of the game "After Dawn". I believe people turned into Wendigos because they lost their humanity when they turned against their own species. I don't understand why they would turn into a freakishly strong monster. Shouldn't they become weaker as a curse? Cannibalism must have happened often if their is a whole family whose main purpose is to murder Wendigos.

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  4. I knew about the wendigos prior to reading this novel because of the game "After Dawn". I believe people turned into Wendigos because they lost their humanity when they turned against their own species. I don't understand why they would turn into a freakishly strong monster. Shouldn't they become weaker as a curse? Cannibalism must have happened often if their is a whole family whose main purpose is to murder Wendigos.

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