Wechuge

The wechuge (pronounced "way-chu-gay") is a creature appearing in the legends of the Athabaskan people.^[1] In some legends, the wechuge is portrayed as an ancient ice being that comes from the wilderness to prey upon humans, but in Beaver mythology it is more often said to be a person who has been possessed or overwhelmed by the power of one of the ancient spirit animals.

See also

Wendigo

Citations

↑ Gilmore, David D. (2009). Monsters : Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors. Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0812220889.

Further Reading

Sanday, Peggy Reeves (1989). Divine hunger : cannibalism as a cultural system (Reprint [d. Ausg.] 1986. ed.). Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0521311144.

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