Wendigo Research Paper Notecards

C4

"According to the lore, the Wendigo is created whenever a human resorts to cannibalism to survive. In years past, such a practice was possible, although still rare, as many of the tribes and settlers in the region were cut off by the bitter snows and ice of the north woods" (4).

A4

"As the tale goes, he was once a lost hunter. During a brutally cold winter, his intense hunger drove him to cannibalism. After feasting on human flesh, he became a crazed monster, roaming the forest in search of more people to eat" (1).

A

"Meet The Wendigo - The Cannibalistic Monster Of The North." All That's Interesting, 19 Oct. 2018, allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo.

C3

"One of the most famous Wendigo hunters was a Cree Indian named Jack Fiddler. He claimed to kill at least 14 of the creatures in his lifetime, although the last murder resulted in his imprisonment at the age of 87" (6).

B1

"The Wendigo will use a wide repertoire of tricks, from vanishing the meat off of still-living game to mimicking the face or voice of a hunter, to lure prey away from home, where it will eat or possess them" (10).

A1

"Though he is said to be very large in stature at almost 15 feet tall, his body is described as skeletal and emaciated. This can be attributed to the notion that he is never satisfied with his cannibalistic urges" (1).

B3

"While there are similarities between the Wendigo and the werewolf, both animalistic anthropophages who were once human, the werewolf can become human again, whereas once you 'go Wendigo' you never go back" (11).

B2

"the death of the Wendigo signals the end of starvation, and in some cases the end of winter and the coming of summer" (10).

B

Eflin, Jackson. "Incursion Into Wendigo Territory." Ball State University, 2014, bsuenglish.com/dlrOLD/past/dlr_issue1.pdf#page=9.

C

Taylor, Troy. "The Wendigo: North Woods of Minnesota." Ghosts of the Prairie, 2002, www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html.

A2

The Wendigo can curse humans by possessing them and turning them into Wendigos as well. This explains the multiple Wendigo sightings in different parts of the world.

A3

The Wendigo does not rely on catching prey, but instead lures people to him by mimicking human voices.

B4

The Wendigo was seen as the depression that comes from the harsh conditions of winter and the deaths and plagues that the cold can cause.

C1

The legend of the Wendigo has been around for so long that it is uncertain when the story was first told, but it was said to originate from Algonquian Native American folklore.

C2

"A Wendigo allegedly made a number of appearances near a town called Rosesu in Northern Minnesota from the late 1800's through the 1920's. Each time that it was reported, an unexpected death followed and finally, it was seen no more" (5).