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Tonight on your veranada!''|'''[[Ogden Nash]]'''}}
[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Also spelled]] Windigo, Weetigo and Wetiko among others (depending on the language and region), the Wendigo is a human being turned into a cannibal monster in the belief systems of several Algonquian peoples. The causes of this transformation and the Wendigo's general appearance vary from region to region. Some lores have it that eating human flesh is [[Evil Makes You Monstrous|what makes you turn into one]], but in others you can become one just by coming across a Wendigo or by being possessed by the spirit of a Wendigo. Its most common description is a dreadfully skinny giant of ice devoid of lips and toes. The more it devours, the larger it grows, and thus it can never find enough food to satisfy its hunger. In the mythologies of several Amerindian Nations, the Wendigo can revive if you don't destroy its body entirely, which may lead to [[Kill It With Fire]]. More info on [
Great source of [[Nightmare Fuel]]. Not to be confused with the [[Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti|Bigfoot/Sasquatch]], though some writers connect the two anyway. Also not to be confused with the [[The Slender Man Mythos|Slenderman]] [[Windigo (Film)|film of the same name.]]
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== [[Comics]] ==
* In Marvel Comics, anyone who eats human flesh in the frozen north becomes a Wendigo. The creature is best known as a villain of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] and spinoff team [[Alpha Flight]], but has tangled with [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]] and others. In fact, he seems to be the standard villain for superheroes visiting Canada. It's well-known for shouting its [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[Pokémon
** It's a common [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]] villain too, having made its first Marvel appearance in his book. (And its ''second'' story in that book was the first appearance of [[Wolverine]], giving the association more historical weight than it might otherwise have.)
** In ''[[Earth X]]'', Multiple Man is transformed into one when he eats one of his own doubles to survive. He doesn't lose his self-duplication powers.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* "The Wendigo" by Algernon Blackwood, which introduced the legend and influence the modern version of this trope.
* In the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], [
* The second book in the gory [[Monstrumologist]] series is called ''Curse of The Wendigo''. It has been confirmed that a super creepy version that is "neither living or dead version of the Wendigo" will be the main antagonist....
* One of Alvin Schwartz's ''Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark''. In that story, the Wendigo is more of a spirit of wind and frostbite, although there are still cannibalistic overtones (the two men are starving). The Wendigo calls you out of the tent with its eerie, windblown song, and makes you run until your feet burn away, and makes you keep running after that.
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* Two well known poems address the wendigo. [[Ogden Nash]]'s "Wendigo" uses the legends as a source of humor but Louise Erdrich's "Windigo" is more serious, claiming the only way to kill a windigo is to melt its frozen heart.
* Such a creature is mentioned in Michael D. O'Brien's novel ''Eclipse of the Sun'' by a young boy called Arrow.
* In ''[[The General]]'' by [[David Drake]] and [[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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