We are three college students here to give you the knowledge of the windigo (wendigo, there are many spellings for it), the possibility that Slenderman may be a Windigo, and how to stop it if you happen to come across it.
This is an actual cave theorized by Native Canadian (American) Culture. It was said to house those that turned into a wendigo until they died off or were destroyed by fire after being trapped in.
fig. 1 cave drawings from Ontario, Canada
Yes, there is a way to defeat them if you can catch them. Don't die trying, we will not be liable for any deaths that come of reading this blog.
As with many stories in folklore that are supposed to scare or intimidate the listener/reader, there always seems to be a low budget movie to cover this idea to the director's liking. This movie entitled "Wendigo" cave out in 2001 and here's a short description on the plot from wikipedia:
"George is a highly-strung professional photographer who is starting to unravel from the stress of his work with a Manhattan advertising agency. Needing some time away from the city, George, his wife Kim, and their son Miles head to upstate New York to take in the winter sights, though the drive up is hardly relaxing for any of them. George accidentally hits and severely injures a deer that ran onto the icy road. After George stops to inspect the damage, he's confronted by an angry local named Otis who flies into a rage, telling George that he and his fellow hunters had been tracking the deer for some time. An argument breaks out, which leaves George feeling deeply shaken. When George and Kim arrive at their cabin, they discover that a dark and intimidating presence seems to have taken it over.
The next day, when they stop at a store in a town near the cabin, a shopkeeper tells Miles about the legend of the Wendigo, a deformed beast from Indian folklore who changes from a human to a hideous beast after engaging in cannibalism. The Wendigo also has supernatural powers and can change its appearance at will."
Check it out if you have a chance!
Friday, April 25, 2014
The introduction of a Wendigo that Sam and Dean from Supernatural found in the north western united states. Obviously, they're confused because Wendigos aren't usually out this far from Minnesota.
The windigo is a myth of Northern Native American culture, the stories behind them vary wide and far in details, but the one thing that is the same in all of them is how they come to be. They're cannibals. Windigos were once human, but through eating of human flesh they either became the monster themselves or are simply possessed by a demon that transforms them. The word wendigo (pronounced wehn-dee-go) itself comes from the Native American Algonquian language, meaning “evil spirit that devours mankind.” The apperance of Windigos vary through different myths, but two of the most common depictions of Windigos is a tall lanky creature with dark evil eyes and with greyish skin. The other common depiction of a Windigo is an ice giant that appears much like a man except its size is much greater and its skin and hair are white. Some things that both of these depictions of Windigos have in common is that they both have an insatiable craving for human flesh, and the only way to kill them is to burn them with fire.
While the Wendigo is mainly found in Native American culture, there are many things that bring it to the light of common sight. This such comic, The Uncanny X-Men, deals with Wolverine mostly when he faces the wendigo with his gang of mutants.
