wiindigoo

English

Noun

wiindigoo (plural wiindigoos or wiindigoog)

1. Alternative spelling of wendigo.

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa.

Noun

wiindigoo (plural wiindigoog)

1. (mythology) In Algonquian mythology, a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans may transform, or which may possess humans; a wendigo or windigo.
2. (mythology) A cannibalistic or man-eating giant or monster which may appear in the winter.

   wiindigoowi!

   He/she is a wendigo!

Derived terms

• wiindigoo-bineshiinh

Descendants

• → English: wendigo