Wendigo

Summary

Wendigo is a mythical creature^[1]. Wendigo ranks in the top 1% of mythical_creature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,981 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wendigo's instance of is recorded as mythical creature^[3].
• Wendigo's instance of is recorded as demon^[4].
• Wendigo's instance of is recorded as giant^[5].
• Wendigo's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 13107521^[6].
• Wendigo's GND ID is recorded as 118974998^[7].
• Wendigo's location is recorded as North America^[8].
• Wendigo's part of is recorded as mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas^[9].
• Wendigo's has use is recorded as social commentary^[10].
• Wendigo's has use is recorded as horror fiction^[11].
• Wendigo's has use is recorded as law^[12].
• Wendigo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02b4qg^[13].
• Wendigo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wendigos^[14].
• Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as spirit possession^[15].
• Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as evil^[16].
• Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as supernatural^[17].
• Wendigo's CERL Thesaurus ID is recorded as cnp00543851^[18].
• Wendigo's culture is recorded as Cree^[19].
• Wendigo's culture is recorded as Anishinaabe^[20].
• Wendigo's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as wendigo^[21].
• Wendigo's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as windigo^[22].
• Wendigo's Comic Vine ID is recorded as 4005-6084^[23].
• Wendigo's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.mythological-creations:Вендиго^[24].
• Wendigo's Fandom article ID is recorded as ru.fantasticbeings:Вендиго^[25].
• Wendigo's Fandom article ID is recorded as ficspecies:Wendigo^[26].
• Wendigo's Fandom article ID is recorded as monster:Wendigo_(folklore)^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Wendigo include Rivière Windigo^[28], a river^[29], in Canada^[30].

Why It Matters

Wendigo ranks in the top 1% of mythical_creature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,981 views/month).^[2] Wendigo has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Wendigo is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for Wendigo include Rivière Windigo^[28], a river^[29], in Canada^[30].