lordmongrove
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My friend Mike Hallowell is working on a book about the Indian spirit / monster the Wendigo. Does anyone know of any modern day sightings?
now there's a creature that would even creep out the wendigo! :shock:LordRsmacker said:And it should be understood that the "Hide-behind" is a completely different creature entirely to the "Reach-around". :lol:
In the light of the thread linked over by LordRsmacker above, perhaps it's more a wendigo/windigo mix-up - the windigo does seem to have some Sasquatch-similarities (and is treated as a real creature by various tribes.)OldTimeRadio said:I don't understand how the supposed Sasquatch-Wendigo link ever got started.
Erm, it's only a cannibal if it eats its own species. So unless it is a human, it might be a man eater, but it's not a cannibal.A Cannibal, Never Seen
Stu, I'm going to have to confess my raw colonial hinterlands ignorance here, but I've always rather taken it for granted that the only difference between "wendigo" and "windigo" is a minor vowel-switch in spelling. What have I missed?stuneville said:In the light of the thread linked over by LordRsmacker above, perhaps it's more a wendigo/windigo mix-up - the windigo does seem to have some Sasquatch-similarities (and is treated as a real creature by various tribes.)
Don't worry, it's new to me as well. I'm citing this post, again from the site linked previously.OldTimeRadio said:.. What have I missed?
Now, I was sure that I'd heard Wendigo as a synonym for Sasquatch - perhaps I'd misheard Windigo instead....There are many definitions, almost as many as there were Native Tribes before the Europeans came to this continent. Most of Tribes knew of a creature they called "Windigo." But a few of the Tribes (mainly in this part of Canada) also feared another creature called the "Wendigo." Both of these creatures can be found in Native American mythology. But while Windigo is an actual animal, Wendigo is an animal spirit...
Can anyone shine some light, as it's potentially important in separating strands?...There are many definitions, almost as many as there were Native Tribes before the Europeans came to this continent. Most of Tribes knew of a creature they called "Windigo." But a few of the Tribes (mainly in this part of Canada) also feared another creature called the "Wendigo." Both of these creatures can be found in Native American mythology. But while Windigo is an actual animal, Wendigo is an animal spirit...
I allways thought they were two of many spellings. There is THE Wendigo, the towering, ice covered skeletal beast that walked on the winds and the lesser wendigos, humans possesed by the main Wendigo after consuming human flesh. The deer head and antlers are a modern thing not sen in the folklore.This discussion has resurfaced elsewhere: is Wendigo distinct from Windigo? Many say they're just different renderings of the same name describing the same, supernatural creature (ie the skinny, smelly, anti-social one), but then you get the occasional references to tribes using Windigo as a name for sasquatch: from my post above, from (oh blimey) eleven years ago:
Can anyone shine some light, as it's potentially important in separating strands?