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The wendigo is part of the traditional belief system of a number of Algonquin-speaking peoples, including the Ojibwe, the Saulteaux, the Cree, the Naskapi, and the Innu. [11] Although descriptions can vary somewhat, common to all these cultures is the view that the wendigo is a malevolent , cannibalistic , supernatural being. [ 12 ]
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Manitou has entered the names of several places in North America.The name of Lake Manitoba (for which the Canadian province of Manitoba is named) derives from the area called manitou-wapow, or "strait of the Manitou" in Cree or Ojibwe, referring to the strange sound of waves crashing against rocks near the Narrows of the lake. [5]
Cree, Algonquin (Wendigo) 2002 Legend of Pocahontas Pocahontas [8] Playable 1991 The Lone Ranger: Tonto [7] NPC Native American Native American partner of the Lone Ranger. 2017 Meriwether: An American Epic Members of Native American nations NPC 1996 Nightmare Circus: Raven Playable Native American 2002 Peter Pan: Adventures in Neverland
Wisakedjak (Wìsakedjàk in Algonquin, Wīsacaklesss(w) in Cree and Wiisagejaak in Oji-cree) is the Crane Manitou found in northern Algonquian and Dene storytelling, similar to the trickster Nanabozho in Ojibwa aadizookaanan (sacred stories), Inktonme in Assiniboine lore, and Coyote or Raven from many different tribes [citation needed].
As movie titles go, “Antlers” seems ready-made for one of two holidays — either Christmas or Halloween — and it’s kind of a shame to see it squandered on the latter. Now what is some ...
The Inhuman (French: L'Inhumain) is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by Jason Brennan and released in 2021. [1] Based on the Algonquin legend of the wendigo, the film stars Samian as Mathieu, a successful but troubled neurosurgeon whose life is falling apart, who confronts a wendigo when he returns to his childhood home of Kitigan Zibi for the first time in decades following ...
Charles Godfrey Leland's retells this story in his 1884 book The Algonquin Legends of New England: Or, Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot Tribes. In Leland's version, the Chenoo battles another Chenoo to protect the family. The attacking Chenoo is a female and more vicious and stronger than the male Chenoo.