Windigoo's in Native American culture

In the Algonquian tribe, a Windigoo is known to devour human flesh. Windigoo literally means “evil spirit that devours mankind”. The Windigoo occurs during a starvation among a family that hunger flesh, but the Algonquian tribe generally prefers death over cannibalism.

 

Another tribe that popular with Windigoo is the Oijibwe. A Windigoo appears during a time of famine, isolation, and severe snow weather. The Windigoo is known to as an ice monster because of these conditions. Some detail about beast including its tall height with sharp teeth. There is a myth that a Windigoo would target naughty children. Additionally, the Windigoo can control the mind of the victim to turned them into a Windigoo themselves.

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Fig. 4 Windigoo’s habitats on the map

 

This is supposed to be the one of the possible maps of a Windigoo's habitats. They generally live in the forest and said to inhabit the frigid regions of the Northeastern united stated and Southwestern Canada. The dangerous creature would most likely live in isolated regions like Ontario and Quebec etc(e.g. see fig.4).