windigo psychosis

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf culture-bound syndrome
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs wendigo psychosis
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Algonquian-speaking_peoples
gptkbp:characterizedBy intense craving for human flesh
gptkbp:connectsTo folklore of the wendigo
gptkbp:debatedBy psychiatrists
anthropologists
gptkbp:describedBy anthropological literature
gptkbp:firstDescribed early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label windigo psychosis
gptkbp:referencedIn Native American studies
cultural psychiatry
gptkbp:region gptkb:Minnesota
Great Lakes region of the United States
Northern forests of Canada
gptkbp:symptom delusions of transformation into a wendigo
fear of becoming a cannibal
gptkbp:type existence as a genuine disorder
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:culture-bound_syndrome
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7