The Thing That Walked on the Wind Essay & Project Ideas

This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Thing That Walked on the Wind.

The Thing That Walked on the Wind Essay & Project Ideas

This Study Guide consists of approximately 15 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Thing That Walked on the Wind.
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1. What are elementals? What religions are they a part of? What are the variations of the wind elemental in different cultures?

2. Are there any groups of people in the United States or Canada that worship forces of nature? Who are they?

What are their beliefs? What are their religious rites?

3. Have there ever been instances of entire villages or towns of people disappearing in North America? If you find one, give an account of what people know of its disappearance. (Hint: There was a seventeenth-century colony whose entire population disappeared. You many find other such instances by emphasizing frontier settlements.)

4. What are the aspects of "The Thing That Walked on the Wind" that Derleth derived from Lovecraft? What Lovecraft stories resemble "The Thing That Walked on the Wind"? Does Derleth slavishly follow Lovecraft's lead, or does he create his own...

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