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These works set the template for later portrayals in popular culture, at times even replacing the Native American lore. [41] In an early short story by Thomas Pynchon, "Mortality and Mercy in Vienna" (first published in 1959), the plot centers around a character developing Wendigo syndrome and going on a killing spree.
Wabiwindego (literally “White Wendigo” or sometimes "White Giant" [1]) (d.1837), also spelled Wobwindego, Wobiwidigo, or Wabaningo, and known among the Ojibwe as Waabishkindip [2] (literally “White-Headed”), was a leader of the Grand River Band of Ottawa in what would become the U.S. State of Michigan.
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Ola Värmlänning, a booze swilling, Swedish-American prankster from Minneapolis, can easily be compared to the German Till Eulenspiegel. [ 2 ] Father Francis Xavier Pierz , a pioneer missionary priest , is the subject of many tales told among the Ojibwe people of White Earth Reservation and the German- and Slovenian-American Catholics of ...
[2] [4] All stories contained within the anthology are tales that have been told orally for centuries within Native American tribes. [6] [7] As the title of the collection suggests, each story contains a character that is known and depicted as a Trickster. [2] This character is the main focus of the story and is typically depicted as an animal ...
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A Chippewa myth details how a least weasel killed a wendigo giant by climbing up its anus and sickening it. [19] Inuit mythology describes weasels as wise and brave. One story describes a hero who would choose to transform into a least weasel when he had to accomplish a task demanding bravery. [20]