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196 - The Wendigo and Other American Indian Folklore Monsters

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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The Story of the Googo and the Baby

Ojibway man killed all but a few wendigo. Some ran away to the north spray. How the white walkers shot up the north. And then the story ends with the ojiway children giving themselves names so that the world would now know who they are. So what is the story about? I think it's less about monsters, more about strong people,. Not losing your identity, not letting some oppressor kill your people. Pretty surely, whentigo symbolizes the white man and that tale. It's true. Ha, ha. Let's move along to the next ojibway story. This is the wentogo and the baby. It's a

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