![]() Secondary Works 204 Index of Passages and Authors Cited in the Text 222 Citation preview ![]() Reference Books and General Surveys 197 B. Names of Troll-wives, Giantesses and Valkyries 193 Bibliography and Further Reading 196 A. To see this being was terrifying as a sight, and the experience was said to bring about convulsions and even death.” pg.Table of contents : Preface vii Introduction: The Nature of the Sources ix Spelling and Pronunciation xiii List of Illustrations xv The Dictionary 1 Appendices 188 A. In the spring it was his activities that were said to cause the enormous cracks across the frozen Missouri River. The Mi-Ni-Wa-Tu was said to move swiftly through the water, creating a wave before it and an iridescence on the water behind. Mi-Ni-Wa-Tu is described as a vast body with red fur, having an enormous head with a single eye and horn projecting from its forehead, and a long tail flattened vertically with tooth-like projections on its upper ridge. “This is the name of a river monster in the traditions and beliefs of the Teton Native American people of Missouri in the United States. My home state of Missouri boasts its own monster It is, however, those beings that constitute a supernatural hybrid mix of other forms that bring the most revulsion and are most likely to be considered monstrous.” pg. Consequently, even some being that is of an abnormal size may be regarded as monstrous yet still be acceptable. That which is deemed to be monstrous is against the natural order of what is acceptable, and this is usually the image of nature and human natural forms. What actually constitutes a monster depends on the cultural values in which the image is depicted. “There has always been a fascination for the monstrous, and depictions of monstrous beings have been known from the earliest times.
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