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Atlas NoctisA nocturnal atlas of folklore

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Canada

One entry in one subarea: 1 at grade B. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

Algonquian Subarctic, Oji-Cree and Severn area; the densest archival file comes from Sandy Lake, north-western Ontario
BWendigoCanada — Algonquian Subarctic, Oji-Cree and Severn area; the densest archival file comes from Sandy Lake, north-western Ontario

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Canada documented in this atlas: Wendigo. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (1 at grade B), with the sources it comes from.

Wendigo B
In Subarctic Algonquian societies the term denotes at once a being — associated with winter, with frost, with hunger — and a condition into which a person may fall: insatiable appetite, aversion to ordinary food, progressive…

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