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Sin testigos y otros relatos de terror y vudú es una colección de relatos de terror del escritor norteamericano Henry S. Whitehead (1882-1932). Este libro reúne ocho relatos publicados entre 1926 y 1946 en revistas «pulp» de la época e inspirados en la atmósfera de magia, misterio y sagrado terror que rodea las vidas de los nativos en las Islas Vírgenes. La matriz de estos cuentos de terror se encuentra en la vida del propio Henry S. Whitehead, quien a comienzos de los años veinte emprendió su labor como diácono en la región de Santa Cruz, en las Islas Vírgenes. Allí quedó fascinado por las costumbres locales, los ritos vudú y las supersticiones acerca de zombis y vampiros, fuertemente arraigadas en el folklore de las Antillas. La mayoría de relatos incluidos en este volumen están narrados por Gerard Canervin, especie de alter ego del propio Whitehead y a quien utiliza para demostrar su conocimiento y afecto por el sistema local de creencias sobrenaturales. Canervin, sin ser un investigador de lo oculto, investiga e intenta comprender la verdad de los hechos que se le presentan por el puro afán de conocer la verdad. Deja que Whitehead te lleve al misterioso y macabro mundo del vudú, donde las bestias invaden la mente del hombre y donde las vidas de los vivos son atormentadas por los espíritus de los muertos.
Jumbee and other voodoo tales is a collection of horror stories by American writer Henry S. Whitehead (1882-1932). This book brings together eight stories published between 1926 and 1946 in pulp magazines of the time and inspired by the atmosphere of magic, mystery and sacred terror that surrounds the lives of the natives in the Virgin Islands. The matrix of these tales of terror is found in the life of Henry S. Whitehead himself, who in the early 1920s undertook his work as a deacon in the St. Croix region of the Virgin Islands. There he became fascinated by the local customs, voodoo rites and superstitions about zombies and vampires, strongly rooted in West Indian folklore. Most of the stories included in this volume are narrated by Gerard Canervin, a sort of alter ego of Whitehead himself, whom he uses to demonstrate his knowledge and affection for the local supernatural belief system. Canervin, not being an investigator of the occult, investigates and tries to understand the truth of the facts presented to him out of sheer eagerness to know the truth. Let Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo, where beasts invade the minds of men and where the lives of the living are haunted by the spirits of the dead.
Jumbee and other voodoo tales is a collection of horror stories by American writer Henry S. Whitehead (1882-1932). This book brings together eight stories published between 1926 and 1946 in pulp magazines of the time and inspired by the atmosphere of magic, mystery and sacred terror that surrounds the lives of the natives in the Virgin Islands. The matrix of these tales of terror is found in the life of Henry S. Whitehead himself, who in the early 1920s undertook his work as a deacon in the St. Croix region of the Virgin Islands. There he became fascinated by the local customs, voodoo rites and superstitions about zombies and vampires, strongly rooted in West Indian folklore. Most of the stories included in this volume are narrated by Gerard Canervin, a sort of alter ego of Whitehead himself, whom he uses to demonstrate his knowledge and affection for the local supernatural belief system. Canervin, not being an investigator of the occult, investigates and tries to understand the truth of the facts presented to him out of sheer eagerness to know the truth. Let Whitehead take you into the mysterious and macabre world of voodoo, where beasts invade the minds of men and where the lives of the living are haunted by the spirits of the dead.