Windigo (mythological creature)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Windigo_(mythological_creature)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mythological_figure
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wendigo
gptkb:Windego
gptkb:Wintiko
gptkb:Weendigo
gptkb:Witiko
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:Cree_mythology
gptkb:Saulteaux_mythology
Innu mythology
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:dam
starvation
winter
cannibalism
insatiable greed
gptkbp:canBePossessedBy humans
gptkbp:depictedIn having a foul stench
having glowing eyes
having long claws
having antlers (in modern depictions)
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:giant
emaciated
malevolent spirit
cannibalistic monster
with a heart of ice
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:film
gptkb:literature
gptkb:television
video games
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:oral_tradition
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Windigo (mythological creature)
gptkbp:influenced Windigo psychosis
gptkbp:notableFor European folklore
North American indigenous cultures
Northern United States folklore
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Algonquian_folklore
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Yeti
gptkb:Cannibalism_in_folklore
gptkb:Skin-walker
gptkb:Bigfoot
Chenoa (mythology)
gptkbp:studiedBy anthropologists
ethnologists
gptkbp:subjectOf Stephen King's novel 'Pet Sematary'
Algernon Blackwood's story 'The Wendigo'
TV series 'Hannibal'
Windigo psychosis studies
film 'Antlers' (2021)
gptkbp:symbolizes excess
gluttony
taboo violation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Windigo_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7