Medieval Monsters

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations viii
4. Photographic Credits ix
5. Phonetic Key xi
6. Preface xiii
7. Monsters in the Forests of the Mind
8. Investigating the Goblin Universe 3
9. Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies 27
10. The Unwanted Possession: The Origin of Monsters from a Psychoanalytical Point of View 37
11. Medieval Monsters 47
12. The Concept of L’Homme Sauvage 65
13. Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage ¹ 83
14. The Cultural Role of Monsters in Canada 97
15. Manlike Monsters of the Native New World
16. In Myth 111
17. Windigo Goes South: Stoneclad among the Cherokees¹ 132
18. Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California¹ 152
19. Monsters and the Anthropologist’s Reality¹ 172
20. In Art 187
21. Man, Beast, and Transformation in Canadian Inuit Art and Culture¹ 193
22. The Tsimshian Monkey Mask and Sasquatch 211
23. Carved Stone Heads of the Columbia River and Sasquatch 229
24. Contemporary Sasquatch Investigation
25. What Is the Sasquatch? 237
26. Sasquatch: The Testimony of Tradition 245
27. Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus 255
28. Population Clines of the North American Sasquatch as Evidenced by Track Lengths and Estimated Statures¹ 265
29. Estimates of Pitch and Vocal Tract Length from Recorded Vocalizations of Purported Bigfoot* 274
30. Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to Be of Sasquatch Origin 291
31. Epilogue to Manlike Monsters On Trial 301
32. Bibliography: Published Materials Concerning the Abominable Snowman, the Yeti, the Sasquatch, and Related Hominidae 316
33. Notes on Contributors 335