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[[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 [[wikipedia:Wendigo|the Other Wiki]].

 

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* [[Digimon|Wendigomon]] is the villain for the first ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' movie (though it is never identified as such). It is a corrupted evolved form of Wallace's Chocomon (infected by a virus, and referred to solely by that name in the movie), compared to Turuiemon, named for the Festival of Rabbits. It's a Wendigo with stretching arms, ice breath, and [[Defanged Horrors|giant laser cannons that burst out of the flesh in its chest.]] Early American Bandai materials mistakenly called it ''Endigomon'', while it Japan it is known as ''Wendimon''.

* One of [[One Piece|Chopper's]] transformations looks oddly like this, only with prongs and a top hat. [http://www.mangareader.net/103-2514-12/one-piece/chapter-407.html It still manages to be terrifiying, even for the cutest character of the crew.]

* Ithaqua from the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] makes an appearance in [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] when it accidentally takes over Allen Quartermain's body while he's astral-projecting. Ithaqua was perfectly happy to be a nightmarish mass in an infinite void of space, and isn't particularly pleased to be in Quartermain's [[Humans Through Alien Eyes|disgustingly alien, human meat-body.]]

 

* ''[http://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-3182/DonSample+Tales+of+the+Slayer+Wendigo.htm Tales of the Slayer: Wendigo]:'' A Buffyverse story in which a Slayer is called in pre-Columbian America.

 

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

** And [[Bad Machinery|it's back]].

* [[The Big Guy]] Sevink from ''[[Geist Panik]]'' is a Wendigo who has 'achieved critical flesh', and you would have to kill him as many times as the number of people he's eaten. He's described at one point as being "...up to the population of California", rendering him nigh unkillable.