Werewolf Legends of the American Indians

 

Wendigo

 

Looking for the Windigo? - A Great Resource for Wendigo studies.
Unlocking the Myth  -  “The Windigo” (Issue 6), by Becky Flesher
The Windigo – Pretty good account of legend.  With links.
Wendigo in Northern Minnesota
Roosevelt's Wendigo Story written by Theodore Roosevelt.
Legion Magazine – “Beware The Windigo” by Steve Pitt
Wendigo FAQ

Two important books:

Windigo; An Anthology of Fact and Fantastic Fiction -edited by John Robert Colombo. 1982

Windigo Psychosis; A Study of a Relationship between Belief and Behavior among the Indians of Northeastern Canada -Morton I. Teicher. 1960.

 

Chenoo

When the Chenoo Howls  - Native American Tales of Terror James and Joseph Bruchac

Chenoo – Encyclopedia entry, in Spanish

Skinwalkers

Skinwalkers
On The Magickal Science of Shape-Shifting

 

Acthen

Jesuit Relations
Cultural epistemologies

 

Other
 
BOKWUS – Tree Healer, Kin to the Wendigo
Other Mythology – Alphabetized list of creatures
Mekumwasuck – beliefs
The Algonquin Legends of New England
Nagumwasuck - beliefs
Nagumwasuck - beliefs
Terminologia – A list of Amerindian deities/creatures, in French
Anthropophages
Pre-Columbian and Early American Legends of Bigfoot-like Beings
Folklore Man-creature Origins
Bray Road Beast/Chaney Beast
Traditional Attitudes Toward Bigfoot in Many North American Cultures
Bigfoot-Like Figures in North American Folklore and Tradition

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