Listening exercise "The Wendigo"

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

The Windigo

Wendigo

Roughly translated, the word ‘Wendigo’ (also spelt Windigo and Windego) means ‘the evil spirit that devours mankind’.  

Have you ever heard of the Wendigo?

Yes

NO

‘the evil spirit that devours mankind’
What does this tell you about the Wendigo?

00:15

What culture is the Wendigo from?

1. Inuit
2. European
3. Native American
4. African Tribes

00:37

What is NOT a symbolic personification of the wendigo

1. Winter
2. Cannibalism
3. Selfishness
4. Hunger

01:25

Why has this creature become mainstream?

1. a lot of people are into mythology.
2. It was very popular back in the day and is popular again.
3. It has been portrayed in various media.
4. There are a lot of films about it.

01:39

Where does the Wendigo myth come from.

1. Various Native American tribes
2. Indigenous people in the North
3. Alaska
4. North-American settlers

01:44

1. A man-like cannibal
2. A monster that eats human flesh
3. A werewolf
4. A human

02:25

Do cannibals transform into a Wendigo?

1. Yes
2. No

02:37

What does this tell you about Native American values?

02:52

Why are there more versions of the Wendigo?

1. Because he lived in a large area in the US
2. Because a lot of different tribes had the myth
3. Because the myth was told rather than written down

03:43

Why do you think is it practical and necessary to stay together?

04:27

Why did the booming fur trade caused the Wendigo myth to be written down?

05:13

Why do pictures of the Wendigo today differ from the orginal image?

06:27

Why does the modern day image of the Wendigo has antlers?

1. It looks foreign and striking
2. because a director thought it was cool
3. Because certain films portray it like that
4. because that is how it looked according to the original myth

07:05

Explain in your own words how the Wendigo myth made people go into jail

07:17

What is Windigo psychosis?

1. The act of turning into a windigo
2. Killing other humans in the woods
3. The desire to eat human flesh
4. Actually eating other humans

08:22

Why is the Wendigo more than just a monster?