wendigo
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- noun
- /ˈwɛndɪɡoʊ/
- NSFW
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wendigo
- When I interviewed Steve on one of the occasions back in, I think this was the late 80's, I asked him about his preparation for Pet Sematary, and he told me, he gave me the name of at least three books that he had researched carefully in learning about the lore of the wendigo.
- stop the wendigo
- Wendigo grows
Examples
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Quinn has decided to take two of his previously published short stories, Melon Heads and I Am the Wendigo, and digitally self-publish them through various websites, including Amazon.
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The wendigo is essentially this figure who, once it's led into a community, it wrecks havoc on the community.
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And with the Wendigo would come two sisters, the Red and the Black.
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And with them came the Wendigo.
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There are legends of the Wendigo and the coming of the Red and the Black.
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Soon, those emotions began to affect his body in more interesting ways, transforming into a creature known as the Wendigo.
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The legend states that the wendigo will hunt down those who wander in the forest alone during the winter.
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According to folklore, a person who succumbs to greed may transform into a wendigo, driven by an insatiable hunger.
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In the dark of night, the villagers spoke of the wendigo, a creature that was said to devour anyone who strayed too far from home.
Synonyms
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A large frightening imaginary creature often made of human and animal parts
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An imaginary being like a dragon or unicorn with magical powers
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An evil spirit in Algonquian stories that makes people want to eat others
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A frightening creature from stories or legends that is not real
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An imaginary creature often found in children's stories
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wendigo comes from the Algonquian languages of Native North America and names a terrible spirit, often written wiindigoo, that was said to roam frozen forests and 'eat people' in winter, so a wendigo means a cannibal monster or the fear of becoming one.