Windigo

Windigos, also known as wendigos and wiendigos are man-eating monsters from the myths of the Algonquian and Ojibwa Native Americans. Voegelin, E.W. (1972). 'Windigo, wendigo, or wiendigo", in Leach, M. (ed) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. 3rd ed. p.1178
== Legends ==
In the Algonquian legends, it is believed that any hunter who gets lost in the forest, runs out of provisions, becomes animalistic and consumes human flesh in an act of cannibalism becomes a windigo. Windigos are said to be fearsome, dangerous, inhuman creatures who are considered enemies of mankind. 
To the Ojibwa, windigos are a type of ogre used to frighten naughty children. 
== Further Reading ==
* Naskapi: The Savage Hunters of the Labrador Peninsula (1935, 1977), by Frank G. Speck
== References ==
Category:Ogres
Category:Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend