What is Wendigo?
Wendigo is a monster of Indian legends, namely people Anishinaaab living in modern Canada and the United States in the Great Lakes. The depiction of creatures in literature and tradition is very different, but in general it is associated with heavy wind and cold and usually claims their victims during the night. Wendigo usually chases hunters or travelers in the forest. Many behavior and attributes of the monster suggest that it is a personification of harsh conditions in dangerously freezing winters.
In some stories, Wendigo was once human, while in others it is purely supernatural. It is often said that they eat human meat, and some versions of the story say that people who practice cannibalism, even in despair, will become Wendigos. If human sacrifices are not available, the creation of the objects of the non -food such as Moss and Lichen, which leads to some of the belief that the monster is a symbol of starvation and the horror that Wreake can suffer.
In various claims, Wendigo has other attributes indicating the horrors of extreme winters. Sometimes it has the heart of ice or is completely made of ice and can only be beat if it is melted. Wendigo is often said to be missing limbs such as lips, nose and legs that are commonly lost to frostbite. Sometimes it is said to be too thin to see from a side view, which again indicates starvation. Creation is also associated with madness, because those who survive his attack are crazy, sometimes running naked in the snow.
Wendigo has entered the world of horror fiction through Algernon Blackwood from 1910 Wendigo . In this story, a monster is never physically described. At night he calls for his victim, the French Canadian guide narrator, and his voice is indistinguishable from the wind. Eventually the victim loses his senses and responds to the call.
The monster then pulls his victim so fast that his legs are burned in the process and turns into his feet like Wendigo. His shout "andCh, my fiery legs! "Also, the FrostBite association, which is accompanied by a burning feeling. Monster will later appear in the assumed guy of the kidnapped guide and at the end of Blackwood's story is a corpse with frozen legs. an indigenous American.
In the cultures in which Wendigo originated, psychosis was known as Windigo documented in cases from the 19th century and earlier. The suffering committed violent murders and often dealt with cannibalism. Treatment of traditional healers of faith or practicing Western medicine was sometimes considered effective.
Today, it is little known about the real reason for these apparent cases of psychosis. Legend and reality are inseparably connected in the state records. Some cases may simply be cannibalism due to starvation or more versatile type of psychosis culturally interpretedso that they fit into Mythos Wendigo. However, other documented cases are less easily explained.