LEGENDS OF HORROR, STORIES AND MYTHS OF CANADA

Canada has been influenced since time immemorial by the variety of races and cultures that have settled on its soil. All of them have contributed stories that have permeated the taste of their population and which have been bequeathed under the title of legends of Canada.

Legends of Canada

Canadian mythology is made up of mythical beings and legends that have been passed down from generation to generation and that have come down to us today as part of the culture and folklore of this great nation. Added to this, the presence in its enormous spaces of aboriginal tribes, particularly the influence of the Inuit, Micmac and Eskimo peoples, have given their contribution through their own cosmogony.

The cosmogony of the original tribes is based on nature; particularly in the winter. It is a national tradition, which is still preserved today by offering songs, dances and rituals to the four cardinal points to thank the sun. The strength of their convictions empowers the mystical energy present in nature and therefore all the elements that compose it; rivers, mountains, trees, etc.

The topography and relief of Canadian geography plays a predominant role in Canadian mythology. In their myths and legends the specificity of the physical description of their landscapes is abundant; which allows the aborigines to be able to locate themselves in spaces where they have never been before. Their stories are usually not very dense in such a way that the presence of legends of canada long.

Canadian Horror Legends

Although Canada has been seen as a peaceful nation, filled with peace, maple syrup and its spectacular landscapes, the mix of cultures settled there has given rise to chilling stories that are currently part of the legends of Canada.

The Forbidden Plateau

There once was a modest plateau in western Canada, which has been associated by Canadian aborigines with mystical stories. It was part of their customs to hide their families in the highlands to give them security through fights with other tribes.

One day, at the end of the fighting, the members of the warriors’ family completely vanished. Their search ended and in the end they only found red, lichen-like spots on the snow and rocks.

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The locals took this as a sign of the blood of their relatives, who could only have been swallowed by evil spirits. In such a way that they never entered that area again. That is why it has been called the Forbidden Plateau. Today, some Aboriginal people in Canada consider this area to be the home of evil spirits who wish to annihilate and feed on humans.

St. Louis Ghost Train

The modest town of St. Louis, in Saskatchewan, is particularly known for an extremely unusual legend. In this town there is an old and desolate train track. People often report seeing curious floating lights that move along the train track through the night.

The most popular legend to explain the strange luminosity is that a ghost train constantly appears on the track. Another chronicle explains that such light is the ghost of a worker, who perished during the construction of the route.

The Legend of John Troyer

John Troyer was an exorcist of American-Canadian origin who was born into an Amish family who moved to Canada, where he discovered his abilities. The stories tell of him as someone who lived numerous years watching out for witches until he located their lair. Upon obtaining it, he stole his brooms, and used them as a means of personal transportation.

There are other stories that indicate that he found hidden areas in which groups of witches congregated and that he occupied himself by placing traps for them in each sector. There is no evidence of the legend of the witches, but what is known as true is that she created enormous traps, which were essentially bear traps but sized to catch humans. Troyer died in 1842 and is still remembered in local folklore.

The Legend of the Fort Garry Hotel

Those who think that it is necessary to travel half the world to visit incredible places and get in touch with history and fantasy are making a big mistake. The Fort Garry hotel, located in the center of Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, Canada, is an archetype of this.

Since its construction a century ago, this old mansion has been appreciated, like all of Canada’s Railway Hotels, for being a national landmark and a model of Canadian history and architecture.

Built in a strategic location, near the railway station, it was offered as a luxurious resting space for travelers. It gained its fame for being the tallest building in the city, the first commercial construction and the lone hotel in the area.

However, over the years, its popularity has taken on a different tone, leaning towards the enigmatic and ghostly. Today, snoops from all over the world flock there to confirm what the locals say: the hotel is haunted.

Legend has it that some time ago a woman was barbarously murdered in room 202. There are others who claim that she committed suicide upon learning of her husband’s death. But since that day, guests claim to see ghosts and hear horrible noises. There are versions that indicate that when the Canadian representative Brenda Chamberlain stayed there and slept in that room, she was woken up in the middle of the night by spooks who wanted to get into her bed.

To verify the veracity of this, you would have to go and see it. However, even if guests do not receive this “haunting”, they will delight in their stay at this sumptuous hotel.

Characters and celebrities from all over the planet such as: Nelson Eddy, Harry Belafonte, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Liberace, Arthur Fiedler, Louis Armstrong, Gordie Howe, Lester Pearson, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and others, have been hosted satisfactorily there.

The Curse of Oak Island

This island of only 57 hectares is located in Lunenburg County, on the coast of Nova Scotia. Inside the island is the so-called “treasure well”, around which a gloomy legend is known: Seven people must perish in order to obtain the fortune hidden in its depths.

To date, 6 deaths have been known. The initial one happened in 1861 when a treasure hunter was drawing hot water from the well using a steam engine and was enigmatically burned by it. The second death occurred in 1897 when Maynard Kaiser, another prospector, fell into the well while he was in search of fortune.

By 1965, and in the same mishap, the other four deaths occurred. Bob Restall fell fainting into the well due to lethal inhalation of H2S gases. Both son Bobby and four other assistants jumped into the well to rescue him, but 3 of them died from gas poisoning.

What does this enigmatic well hide? Everything about it is still unknown. According to local legends, the Knights Templar buried a sanctified object there. It is also said that there is a treasure hidden by Spanish conquerors. The original writings of William Shakespeare’s work as well as the tables of the Ten Commandments also make up part of the assumptions.

The Legend of the Disappeared Villagers

This is the shocking story about a town in Canada, in which all its inhabitants enigmatically vanished, which remained an extremely intriguing case. Of the numerous existing reports of unexplained disappearances around the planet, this one stands out because it was not a single person, but all the residents of the town that had more than two thousand inhabitants.

This event occurred in 1930, when Joe Labelle, an animal hunter, arrived in a town near the Canadian lake known as Angikuni. As he approached the site, he noticed that an unusual silence was in the air. Upon entering the town, Joe found a bonfire in which something that was being prepared in a saucepan had burned out, and there was no one around.

Realizing that something was wrong, Labelle wandered around the site hoping to find someone. But, unfortunately, he did not see any living beings, not even inside the houses. Upon noticing that the entire population had left, Joe approached the telegraph and sent a message for help to the authorities. The Canadian Mounted Police arrived in town a few hours later to try to reveal the cause of this mass disappearance.

But the investigations, instead of clarifying the case, in the end only brought even more unknowns. All the inhabitants’ dogs were found dead of hunger and covered by a huge blanket of ice, in addition, the graves in the cemetery had been looted and everyone’s remains had simply vanished.

The deceased dogs are proof that the residents had not simply abandoned the site, since without them and without the sleds it is not possible to move around the region. And desecrated graves is a rather unusual occurrence. It is unusual for the Eskimos to have done so, especially since, thanks to the temperatures of the place, it was not possible to open the graves, since they were frozen.

Thus, to this day, this enigmatic mass disappearance continues to intrigue the authorities, who until the last moment have never given a minimally credible explanation and even worse, since no traces of the inhabitants have been found. It leaves no doubt that this is one of those most astonishing mysteries ever reported.

Short Legends of Canada

As part of the combination of its aboriginal and colonial past, short chronicles have been made that over time have served as historical and anecdotal reference for new generations and that have been classified as short legends of Canada.

The Spirit of the Bear

At the beginning of the creation of the world, the entire earth was frozen and everything in existence was white. After a while, the god Raven decided that the time had come to give some color to the world. It was then when the soils began to thaw and turn green, humans began a fight for the new lands.

As time passed, the war did not end; It was when the Raven god took one of each dozen bears and turned it white, and in this way he made humans remember the times when everything was white and that they should be grateful for the change that existed today .

The Legend of Nanabozho and the Thunderbird

Once upon an ordinary day, Nanabozho decided to climb to the highest of the mountains until he reached the nest of “the firebirds.” With this he wanted to get the feathers of the fire chicks to make very powerful arrows for his personal use.

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