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wendigo

wen·di·go

вендіго

вендиго, виндиго

Wendigo

A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree…A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.

UK/ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ/US/ˈwɛndiɡoʊ/

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A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Wendigo
ве́ндигоvéndigo, виндигоvindigo
вендігоvendiho
Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”).

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Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spiri

Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Plains Cree wîhtikow, ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (“greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).

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