Wendigo Physiology

"The Weendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Weendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody [....] Unclean and suffering from suppurations of the flesh, the Weendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption."

― Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe teacher and scholar

The power to use the abilities of wendigo. Technique of Wendigo Manipulation. Variation of Mythic Physiology and Anthropophagist Monster Physiology.

Also Called[]

Manaha Physiology
Weendigo/Wihtikow/Windago/Windiga/Windigo/Witiko Physiology

Capabilities[]

User with this ability either is or can transform into a Wendigo: a malevolent cannibalistic spirit strongly associated with the Winter, the North and coldness, as well as with famine and starvation. It was variously a malevolent cannibalistic spirit that could possess humans or a monster that humans could physically transform into, with those who indulged in cannibalism were at particular risk.

General form tends towards emaciated gauntness, looking and smelling as if recently disinterred from the grave, size ranges from human to gigantic.

Applications[]

Air Walking
Animal Manipulation
Cold Manipulation
- Cold Immunity
Cursed (varies)
Cursed Name (original folklore)
Dark Arts (Varies)
Enhanced Body
- Contaminant Immunity
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Dexterity
- Enhanced Durability/Invulnerability
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Leap
- Enhanced Lung Capacity
- Enhanced Reflexes
- Enhanced Senses
- Enhanced Speed
- Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Ugliness
- Supernatural Bite
Famine Embodiment - Wendigos represent hunger and starvation.
Gluttony Embodiment (original folklore)
Greed Embodiment (original folklore)
Illusion Manipulation
Infinite Digestive System
Matter Ingestion
Mass Absorption
- Size Enhancement
Natural Weaponry
- Claw Retraction
- Fang Retraction
  - Enhanced Bite
Pestilence/Environment Manipulation
Possessive Transformation
Predator Instinct
Regenerative Healing Factor
Vocal Replication
Telepathy/Telempathy

Variations[]

Anthropophage Physiology - a tribe of a monstrous cannibals from Greek legend.
Cannibalism Empowerment
Consumptive Growth
Fire Generation; may leave flaming footprints as they run through the sky.
Invincibility
Night Inducement; may be able to summon the midnight darkness before sunset.
Spirit Physiology
Supernatural Body
Undead Manipulation
May learn Weather Manipulation as they age.

Associations[]

Atshen Physiology; their Inuit cousins.
Cervid Physiology; most modern interpretations.
Wechuge Physiology; another cousin species.
Ghoul Physiology
Mythic Physiology
Native American Deity Physiology
Owl Physiology; in certain interpretations.
Reanimation
Space-Time Manipulation - some wendigos are said to be able to bend space and time to get their victims.
Undead Physiology
Wendigo Manipulation
Winter Manipulation

Notes[]

Wendigo is often seen as a warning against cannibalism but in truth it was a far greater entity that embodied human greed in all its form, especially when said greed grew out of control, the very name is considered bad luck by many tribes and thus combined with mass-media misrepresentation has attributed to a taboo around the creature that persists to this day (similar to the skinwalker, who also shares a social taboo among its native population).
The Wendigo was once attempted to be tackled scientifically via the now discredited "Wendigo Psychosis" theory.

In traditional lore they are often human-like in appearance (akin to a yeti or sasquatch) while modern takes have tended towards giving the Wendigo more noticeable animal traits such as antlers and hooves (presumably that of a deer).

Limitations[]

May have cannibalistic urges, especially if they gained this power by traditional means, ie. ritualistic cannibalism.

Known Users[]

See Also: Wendigo.

Wendigos (New Blood Interactive's DUSK)
Wendigo (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
Wendigo (Marvel Comics)
Michael Fleet (Marvel Comics)
Wendigo (Algonquian Mythology)
Ithaqua the Wind-Walker (Cthulhu Mythos)
Lorenzo Scoggins (Marvel Comics)
Andre Mornet (Marvel Comics)
Paul Cartier (Marvel Comics)
Georges Baptiste (Marvel Comics)
Francois Lartigue (Marvel Comics)
Mauvais (Marvel Comics)
Philips Waggoner (Marvel Comics)
Wendigos (Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.)
Jersey/The Jersey Devil (A Wolf Among Us)
Windiga (Dark Was The Night/Monster Hunter)
Wendigo (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor)
Agent Fallon (Charmed)
Wendigomon (Digimon Series)
Wendigo (Supernatural)
Wendigo (Fear Itself)
Captain John Boyd (Ravenous)
Colonel Ives/F.W. Colqhoun (Ravenous)
Rabid (ROBLOX)
Wendigo (Hellboy/BPRD)
Wendy (HorrorVale)
The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
Joseph Corbin (Sleepy Hollow)
Wendigos (Until Dawn)
- Hannah Washington
- Josh Washington (possibly)
- Billy Bates
- Makkapitew
Windigoes (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Wendigo (Grimm)
- Jeffrey Dahmer
- Andrei Chikatilo
- John Kreski
- Miles Kreski
Wendigo (Teen Wolf)
Sean Walcott (Teen Wolf)
Wendigo (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
Gaidigo (Monster Legends)
Wendigos (Warcraft)
The Mordeo (Crypt TV)
Wendigo (The Secret World)
Ghost of Christmas Past (DuckTales 2017); temporarily
Wendigo (Panzer Paladin)
Wendigo (Pet Cematary 2019)
Wendigo (Antlers)
SCP-323-1 Wendigo Skull (SCP Foundation)
Wendigo (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
Buldrokkas'tee/Patriot (Arknights)
Dry Nodus Lake Wendigo (Carnivores: Ice Age)
Wendigo (Demon Accords)
Wendigo (Monster In My Pocket)
Wendigo (Lost Tapes)
Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)