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Little people are real
Francesca Bler presents Harrison Peters in this video, exploring an ancient and unsettling legend found in both old and new world folklore. For centuries, indigenous peoples across Canada have shared campfire stories about mystical beings residing in the mountains. The Inuit of the high Arctic told tales of shape-shifting elves, while the Cascas of northern British Columbia recounted stories of mountain-dwelling dwarfs with extraordinary powers. Similarly, the Interior Salish tribes of southern British Columbia spoke of tiny trickster beings. These narratives parallel traditions in certain Euro-Canadian settler societies, reflecting distinct old-world characteristics that differentiate them from indigenous beliefs. This contrast suggests intriguing possibilities regarding the nature of these mythical beings and their presence in Canada. European folklore has long featured tales of little people with supernatural abilities living on the fringes of civilization, hidden from mortal view by mysterious veils. While these stories are often dismissed as fiction today, they were once believed to be real entities capable of both granting blessings and causing mischief. European immigrants to Canada brought with them their cultural beliefs, leading to accounts of encounters with similar beings in the Canadian wilderness. These reports, passed down through generations, reflect a blending of old-world folklore with new-world experiences, shaping the perception of little people in Canadian history. The earliest documented references to little people in Canada can be found in medieval texts such as the Greenlanders Saga and the Saga of Eric the Red, which recount Norse interactions with diminutive indigenous peoples during voyages to Canada's northeast. These encounters, marked by trade and conflict, describe beings like the Skraelingyar and the one-footer, creatures with inhuman traits and behaviors. The saga's depictions of these encounters point to possible connections with ancient Dorset peoples or Thule ancestors, laying the foundation for the integration of little people folklore into Canadian narratives. In the 1870s, Icelandic immigrants fleeing natural disasters in their homeland settled in Manitoba, establishing communities like New Iceland along Lake Winnipeg. This migration, facilitated by land grants and governmental support, contributed to the preservation of Icelandic culture in Canada. Icelandic-Canadians, like folklorist Magnus Inarson, have continued to explore and document the legacy of little people folklore in Western Canada, bridging the gap between old-world myths and new-world experiences.
By [ カ ミ ナ ]KAMINA5 months ago in Earth