Names: Wiindigoo, Wīhtikow, Wetiko,Wiindigoo, Weendigo, Windego, Wiindgoo, Windgo, Windago, Windiga, Wendego, Windagoo, Widjigo, Wiijigoo, Wijigo, Weejigo, Wìdjigò, Wintigo, Wentigo, Wehndigo, Wi·nteko·wa, Wentiko, Windgoe, Wītikō, and Wintsigo; plural: Windigoag, Windegoag, Wiindigooag, or Windikouk

Native American Mythology: Algonquin-speaking peoples, including the Ojibwe, Saulteaux, Cree, Naskapi, and Innu; folklore of Plains, Great Lakes, and First Nations Natives

Habitat: the East Coast forests of Canada, the Great Plains region of the United States, and the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada

The wendigo is is a mythological creature or evil spirit from the folklore of the First Nations Algonquin tribes based in the northern forests of Nova Scotia, the East Coast of Canada, and Great Lakes Region of Canada and in Wisconsin, United States.

The Wendigo is a macabre, frightening figure. Some depict it as a malevolent spirit, others as an entity that can possess others, a human-like monster, or even a creature that was once human. Basil H. Johnston, an Ojibwe scholar, described it as having an ash gray complexion, tattered, bloody…