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#119 The Wendigo
Strange & Unexplained
English - January 16, 2023 05:00 - 32 minutes - 58.8 MBTrue Crime Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The wendigo is a supernatural being belonging to the spiritual traditions of Algonquian-speaking First Nations in North America. Wendigos are described as powerful monsters that have a desire to kill and eat their victims. In most legends, humans transform into wendigos because of their greed or weakness. Wendigo legends are essentially cautionary tales about isolation and selfishness, and the importance of community.
But what happens when those fairytales cross the borders into real life?
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Sources:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/windigo
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
https://knowledgenuts.com/swift-runner-and-wendigo/
https://www.ourvoices.ca/index/ourvoices-story-action/id.0002
https://www.ourvoices.ca/filestore/pdf/0/0/0/2/0002.pdf
https://dictionary.apa.org/windigo-psychosis