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wendigo

wen·di·go [ wéndi g ] (plural wen·di·gos or wen·di·goes) or win·di·go [ wíndi g ] (plural win·di·gos or win·di·goes)


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Canada demon among Native N American peoples: in Cree and Algonquian folklore, a demonic being who eats people or possesses them and turns them into cannibals

[Early 18th century. < Ojibwa wintiko]
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