| Wendigo | |||
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| General information | |||
| Universe | Modern Mythology | ||
| Species type | Paranormal Entity | ||
| Homeworld | Earth | ||
| Environment | All | ||
| Intelligence | Sapient (Human level) | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-Based (presumed) | ||
| Discovered | 40,000 years ago (Earliest known civilization that spoke of them) 1878 (First modern sighting) | ||
| Discoverer | Swift Runner | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Lifespan | Unknown; possibly infinite | ||
| Reproduction | Unknown; possibly none | ||
| Average height | 7+ feet (2.13+ m) | ||
| Average weight | Unknown | ||
| Locomotion | Bipedal | ||
| Feeding behavior | Carnivorous | ||
| Prey | Humans | ||
| Distinctive features | Humanoid White or Brown Hair Skinny Deer Antlers | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Cultural information | |||
| Language(s) | Unknown | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Earth | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Animalia | ||
| Phylum | Chordata | ||
| Subphylum | Vertabrata | ||
| Class | Mammalia | ||
| Order | Artiodactyla | ||
| Family | Cervidae | ||
| Subfamily | Primaticervinae | ||
| Genus | Homocervus | ||
| Species | H. wendigo | ||
| Other information | |||
| Status | Data Deficient | ||
| First sighting | 1878 (modern sightings) | ||
| Last sighting | 1980s | ||
| Possible population | Data Deficient | ||
Wendigos (/ˈwɛndɪɡoʊ/) (Homocervus wendigo) are humanoid creatures with deer antlers. They are very manipulative and can cause ordinary people kill others and eat them. The most famous encounter was that of a man named Swift Runner. In the winter of 1878, he and his family were starving, and his eldest son died. He ended up killing and eating his wife and his other five children.
Known appearances[]
Wendigo have become somewhat popular in modern media. Below is a list of times they have been known to appear. Alongside the franchises they are listed to have cameoed is a date for the release of the piece of media in question in chronological order.
- First Nations mythology (First appearance)
- The Wendigo, by Algernon Blackwood (1910)
- The Thing that Walked on the Wind, by August Derleth (1933)
- Ithaqua, by August Derleth (1941)
- Mortality and Mercy in Vienna, by Thomas Pynchon (1959)
- Marvel Comics — The character Wendigo (April 1973)
- Pet Sematary, by Stephen King (1983)
- Solar Storms, by Linda K. Hogan (1995)
- Charmed (between October 7, 1998 – May 21, 2006)
- Final Fantasy VIII (February 11, 1999)
- Ravenous (March 19, 1999)
- Supernatural (September 20, 2005)
- Blood Ties (2007)
- Teen Wolf (between June 5, 2011 – September 24, 2017)
- Grimm (between October 28, 2011 – March 31, 2017)
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic s2e11: Hearth's Warming Eve — as Wendigo (December 17, 2011)
- Hannibal NBC (between April 4, 2013 – August 29, 2015)
- Dark Was the Night (October 16, 2014)
- Summoner, by Taran Matharu (2015)
- Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion — as Specimen 9, the Deer Lord (July 28, 2015)
- Until Dawn (August 25, 2015)
- Wrist, by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler (2016)
- Fallout 76 (November 14, 2018)
- DuckTales s2e6: Last Christmas! (December 1, 2018)
- Dusk (December 10, 2018)
- The Retreat (2020)
- Antlers (2021)
- Randy Learns Science (2021)
- Faces of Anne — as Vedigo (2022)
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