The legend lends its name to the disputed modern medical term wendigo psychosis. This is supposed to be a culture-bound disorder that features symptoms such as an intense craving for human flesh and a fear the sufferer is a cannibal. This condition was alleged to have occurred among Algonquian native cultures. The only way to kill a wnedigo is by burning it.
(also known as windigo, weendigo, windago, waindigo, windiga, witiko, wihtikow, and numerous other variants) is a demonic creature appearing in the legends of theAlgonquian peoples along the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada. The creature or spirit could either possess humans or be a monster that had physically transformed from a person. It is particularly associated with cannibalism. The Algonquian believed those who indulged in eating human flesh were at particular risk; the legend appears to have reinforced the practice of cannibalism as a taboo. The legend lends its name to the disputed modern medical term wendigo psychosis. This is supposed to be a culture-bound disorder that features symptoms such as an intense craving for human flesh and a fear the sufferer is a cannibal. This condition was alleged to have occurred among Algonquian native cultures. The only way to kill a wnedigo is by burning it. |
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