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windigo
[ win-di-goh ]
noun
- (in the folklore of the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
- Psychiatry. a culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwe and other Algonquian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by a cannibalistic giant.
windigo
/ ˈɪԻɪˌɡəʊ /
noun
- a variant of wendigo
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of windigo1
First recorded in 1705–15; from Ojibwe ɾ·Գپ·; cognate with Cree ɾ·پ·
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“Those who listen to the Windigo song aren’t bad people,” Gardner said.
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The wind churned snow across the prairies, so Dr. Carson Gardner, the medical director of White Earth Nation’s health department, told the tale of the Windigo as a metaphor for addiction.
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The Windigo is a cannibal that sings a song, and anyone who hears it must cover their ears and run away, he said.
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But what happened is, people tend to get what we call windigo sickness.
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The windigo is this really terrifying cannibal spirit that as it gets bigger, it wants more, it wants more.
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