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wendigo

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɛndɪɡəʊ/Sorted deginowStarts with WEnds with O0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A wendigo is a violent cannibal spirit that inhabits the body of a living person and possess them to commit murder.

Word origin

Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Plains Cree wîhtikow, ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (“greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).

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  • No one is safe in such times, not even the Cree of Mushkegowuk. War touches everyone, and windigos spring from the earth.

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