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Wendigo
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Wendigo
A creature appearing in the mythology of the Algonquian people who are native to northern US and Canada, who is malevolent, cannibalistic and capable of transforming or possessing humans
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That has to do with a manifestation of the Indian myth of the Weendigo, in which a man who eats another absorbs the victim's physical and spirit power - a kind of vampire effect with roughage.
`RAVENOUS' GETS A BIT TOO MEATY by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Before you can say Donner Party, Colqhoun has gone Weendigo on the small garrison, deriving, like the Indian legend, supernatural powers from consuming the flesh and blood of other humans.
THE FULL CARLYLE; `MONTY'S SUCCESS WHETS SCOTTISH ACTOR'S APPETITE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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