Wendigos are said to be terrifying humanoid cannibals from the Great Lakes region of the Midwest and Canada. In this episode we discuss the origins of the wendigo myth, wendigo psychosis, and our theories on alleged wendigo sightings. You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, or Pandora.
Here are the sources we used for this episode:
Podcasts: Timesuck, Episode 196: “The Wendigo and Other American Indian Folklore Monsters”; Blurry Photos, Episode 135: “The Wendigo”; Lore, Episode 18: “Hunger Pains”
Websites:
- https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/10/4/the-wendigo
- https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
- https://mythologian.net/wendigo-mythical-creature-legend-origin/
- https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/wendigoes2.htm
- https://www.backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/
- https://www.megainteresting.com/arts-culture/article/the-legend-of-the-wendigo-an-anthropological-phenomenon-of-the-native-americans-411578392970
- https://medium.com/exploring-history/wendigos-the-spirits-of-hunger-and-famine-in-the-united-states-588a62ed6f47
- https://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2050&context=theses
- https://io9.gizmodo.com/wendigo-psychosis-the-probably-fake-disease-that-turns-5946814
- https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.denofgeek.com/movies/antlers-guillermo-del-toro-wants-the-wendigo-to-look-like-a-god/%3Famp
- https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/901027
- http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm
- https://www.legendsofamerica.com/navajo-skinwalkers/
- https://owlcation.com/humanities/What-Is-A-Wendigo-Really