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Wendigo
May 17, 2007 11:35:08 GMT -5
Post by Spooky on May 17, 2007 11:35:08 GMT -5
According to one Native American legend, the Wendigo are a band of shape shifting witches that roam the counrty side terrorizing humans and animals. They can take the form of any animal and aquire that animals strengths and attributes all the while mantaining their human minds.
Another one: "The wendigo originates as a human being. However the person is then possessed by an evil spirit and transforms into the beast. The most common reason for becoming a wendigo is if one eats human flesh. For this reason, it has been suggested that the wendigo legend came about in order to prevent tribes from descending into cannibalism during times of food shortage."
I didn't realize how many different legends and theories there is for the Wendigo.
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