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The Wendigo is part of the traditional belief systems of various Algonquian-speaking tribes in the northern United States and Canada, most notably the Ojibwe and Saulteaux, the Cree, the Naskapi and the Innu people. Though descriptions varied somewhat, common to all these cultures was the conception of Wendigos as malevolent, cannibalistic, supernatural beings (manitous) of great spiritual power. They were strongly associated with the Winter, the North, and coldness, as well as with famine and starvation.


At the same time, Wendigos were embodiments of gluttony, greed, and excess: never satisfied after killing and consuming one person, they were constantly searching for new victims. In some traditions, humans who became overpowered by greed could turn into Wendigos; the Wendigo myth thus served as a method of encouraging cooperation and moderation.

Among the Ojibwe, Eastern Cree, Westmain Swampy Cree, Naskapi, and Innu, Wendigos were said to be giants, many times larger than human beings (a characteristic absent from the Wendigo myth in the other Algonquian cultures). Whenever a Wendigo ate another person, it would grow in proportion to the meal it had just eaten, so that it could never be full.Wendigos were therefore simultaneously constantly gorging themselves and emaciated from starvation.
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~SweptByTheUndertow Mar 21, 2013
Wendigos are scary.. Did you know theyre real?
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~Xeno667 Mar 8, 2013
If this were in Slender instead of Slenderman himself, the game would be ten times scarier.
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~8thmessenger Mar 8, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I love this picture for some reason. Maybe it's because it has hair. Other pictures I've seen they're bald!
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`loish Mar 6, 2013
wow. so scary and interesting
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~Rantret Mar 5, 2013  Hobbyist Artist
every school day.... when I wake up
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:iconexunary:
~Exunary Mar 5, 2013  Hobbyist
looks like me in the morning
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~Ectochick Mar 5, 2013
Great, I live in the state where these are 'spotted' most often.
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~Roxj Mar 5, 2013
she looks like La niņa medeiros from the spanish movie
REC
OWO
i love it!
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~gothiclucy666 Mar 5, 2013  Student
wooow, love this one :D
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~wolfet Mar 5, 2013
I freaking love Wendigos. I read a story about them as a kid and it simultaneously scared the ever living shit out of me AND made me love legends, folklore and horror. There is something so instinctively disturbing about them...
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