wiindigoo
English
Noun
wiindigoo (plural wiindigoos)
- Alternative spelling of wendigo.
Ojibwe
Etymology
From Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa.
Noun
wiindigoo (plural wiindigoog)
- (mythology) In Algonquian mythology, a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans may transform, or which may possess humans; a wendigo or windigo.
- (mythology) A cannibalistic or man-eating giant or monster which may appear in the winter.
- wiindigoowi!
- He/she is a wendigo!
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: wendigo