10-09-2014, 12:32 PM
Another of My October Mythos reading & the last of pre-Mythos
ones that influence the mythos.
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood written in 1910 is
a straight forward Mythos read. Again Blackwood an
outdoorsman shows his use of nature to create creepy
outdoor scenes.
The book is really a short story being just under 40 pages
but seems longer in a good way. A group of hunters
after moose in the Canadian wilderness stumble into
a shunned region & encounter what Blackwood calls
the raw untamed spirit of elemental nature. It's a
concept he explored in "The Willows" but this time
it's personalized into a being the Wendigo.
The Wendigo was absorbed into the Mythos as the
Wind-Walker ,Ithaqua.
Good read & the story has aged well.
OD
ones that influence the mythos.
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood written in 1910 is
a straight forward Mythos read. Again Blackwood an
outdoorsman shows his use of nature to create creepy
outdoor scenes.
The book is really a short story being just under 40 pages
but seems longer in a good way. A group of hunters
after moose in the Canadian wilderness stumble into
a shunned region & encounter what Blackwood calls
the raw untamed spirit of elemental nature. It's a
concept he explored in "The Willows" but this time
it's personalized into a being the Wendigo.
The Wendigo was absorbed into the Mythos as the
Wind-Walker ,Ithaqua.
Good read & the story has aged well.
OD