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Talk:Wendigo

Weird Universe
Just a note that this page was referenced/linked at the Weird Universe daily column on 7/21/08. Beeblbrox (talk) 06:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Grendel
Deconstructhis: I agree that the justification used for adding the link was an incorrect one. However I would maintain that "Grendel was in fact a Windigo". I suspect that debating the historical veracity of Grendel's existence itself would lead us in the direction of "original research". Instead I will simply point out that the Windigo taboo generally applies to any cannibal and is based on the actually experience of cannibalism, as well as the threat posed by anyone who has been forced out of the band and is failing to survive on their own. Grendel behaves exactly like a Windigo, and qualifies under the definition of a Windigo, if perhaps a Windigo outside of the standard Algonquian language group terminology and cosmology. Hrimpurstala (talk) 05:51, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry Hrimpurstala, but I'm afraid we're going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Wendigos are very specifically an entity in North American Algonquian language speaking traditional belief systems. Grendel is quite specifically a single figure in a European legend. Although they may share the practice of cannibalism and alienation from their respective communities, both are conditions which are far from uncommon in many parts of the world throughout history. Linking the two of them together, as you are doing, requires an original thesis on your part, which of course is a violation of WP:OR. Unless you can provide a specific reference from a reputable source to justify the connection you're making, I don't think the precence of the link is justifiable in the context of the Wendigo article. To tell you the truth, in my opinion, because of the tenuousness of the connection, I'd suggest that the parallels are somewhat non-notable regardless. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 16:00, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

i think so tooo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.158.76.151 (talk) 22:29, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

He isn't a Wendigo, he is an Orcne (obviously the same as a Draugr), which is very similar but Germanic instead of Native American. King Geiseric (talk) 18:00, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

In his book "People of the Deer", Farley Mowat tells of the Inuit around Hudson bay having stories about the Wendigo. I dont believe the Inuit were in the Algonquin language "famliy". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.207.124.1 (talk) 13:44, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

New addition to "Windigo psychosis" section
Although I only copy edited it, rather than removing it, I remain somewhat dubious of the appropriateness of the most recent addition to this section. Now that I've actually read the initial article that's being referred to, I'm even more convinced that this may simply be a case of coincidence and perhaps a little bit of self promotion on the part of the "wendigo expert". We have no evidence whatsoever that Li actually read this article, let alone was 'influenced' by it. I'll let it stand for now, but unless there's some clear evidence in the near future that ties the article and the event together more directly, I'm planning on removing it. I'd understand completely if another editor wasn't quite this generous. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 13:04, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I've removed it (and only half a year later!). The only source actually cited is the Edmonton Sun article (plus a follow-up), whose text is just duplicated for the third source. The Edmonton Sun being a tabloid paper. I haven't found mention of the windigo connection in any other (more reputable) sources, nor any mention of Li's reading a previous Sun article (which seems to just be sensationalist self-promotion by the Sun). Indeed, more recent sources (e.g., and ), discussing Li's plea and sentencing, reveal that he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and believed that God told him to attack McLean, who ("God" claimed) was planning to kill Li. No mention of any windigo psychosis or a belief on Li's part that he was somehow possessed by a windigo. --Miskwito (talk) 21:37, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

twin peaks
so, just wondering, has info about Bob from TP been previously removed from this article? because it seems like there are lots of dead end, half-references to the Bob character, throughout this article, but I don't see anything concrete, like a mention in the pop culture section or something. any Kyle Maclachan fans care to comment? 72.0.180.2 (talk) 10:56, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

TV appearances separation
In the article is a sentence which mentions several TV-episodes, in which the Wendigo appears. And in the following list there are some more TV-series and detailed information about them. I can't see the reason for the different treatment. Wouldn't it be better to have either everything written out or nothing?Kommitanz (talk) 20:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that 25 miles in an Albertan winter of the 1800s is "so close" to food relief at HBC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ca.browne (talk • contribs) 23:43, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

The concept of the wendigo was central to an episode of Bordertown season 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.251.232 (talk) 22:56, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

TV show Are You Afraid of the Dark should be included https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Afraid_of_the_Dark Episode 5.8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Are_You_Afraid_of_the_Dark%3F_episodes#Season_5_.281995.E2.80.9396.29 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.59.51.174 (talk) 19:47, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

The 2013 TV Series Sleepy Hollow has a Wendigo in it and somehow it keeps being taken off. Why is that? The Wendigo is this show appeared as the character Joe Corbin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:42C8:3900:35FE:4B4C:C7A0:C89A (talk) 08:37, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I suggest that you ask whoever has removed it. My guess would be because there is no source for the claim. Meters (talk) 16:56, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Here is a link to support my suggestion. It's from the Sleepy Hollow Wiki page http://sleepyhollow.wikia.com/wiki/Wendigo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:42C8:3900:A81E:A119:B39D:A60F (talk) 02:31, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Error?
The article states that a Wendigo is "a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans could transform". Should this not be "a malevolent cannibalistic spirit which could transform into humans", or according to the legend could humans actually transform into this spirit? -- KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 13:22, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

 * It's the humans that transform into the wendigo, or that are possessed, usually. That's the point of the taboo - if you resort to cannibalism, you'll become a wendigo.--Cúchullain t/ c 13:32, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Donner Party Error
The article refers to the Donner party, saying they became lost in Colorado in 1846. That is incorrect, the Donner party went missing in the Sierra Nevadas in California in 1846, after traveling through Nevada and straying from the normal trail right before the Donner pass. Both the pass and Donner lake in the Sierra Nevadas have been named for the Donner party. 168.105.121.91 (talk) 19:00, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

Fear itself
I wanted to add that Fear Itself (TV show) has a very good Wendigo episode (episode 8) which provides what seems to be a pretty good representation of a Wendigo (and uses the term "Wendigo") so I thought I'd add it to the series listed which lists shows which have featured them, but I don't know how to link properly on wikipedia... :/ the episode is #8 "Skin and Bones" if anyone cares to link it properly.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.151.34 (talk) 08:49, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

Citations are done incorrectly
I'm not an expert on doing citations properly, but the huge pile of almost-identical citations near the bottom without much notion of what it's actually citing worry me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.60.115.152 (talk) 07:30, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Lovecraft
I distinctly recall the Wendigo being a pivotal threat in one particular story of the Lovecraft Mythos, but I cannot find my copy, and so can provide neither title nor author.

On an unrelated note, descriptions of the original Native versions struck a bell with me, and I cannot help but to wonder if the Wendigo is not a legendary memory of an actual (unknown) form of Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. The progressive psychosis and the connection to cannibalism are both suggestive. This is of course idle speculation, as it appears to be an extinct phenomenon (if it ever existed at all).Ernest C. Ruger (talk) 00:50, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

I believe the story you're thinking of is the "Ithaqua", a short story written by August Derleth. 107.4.201.198 (talk) 00:49, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Move Wendigo Psychosis to new article?
I suggest that the material on the Wendigo psychosis be moved to a separate article, leaving only a brief reference and wikilink in this one. The mythological creature and the psychiatric disorder really belong to separate fields of study. 850 C (talk) 20:31, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree. Doctorhawkes (talk) 23:35, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

Wendigo as critical concept
"columbus and other cannibals" (jack d forbes) is the first source that springs to mind citably, but I know there are many other native american writers who've used Wendigo as a metaphor for the capitalist/industrial/exploitative attitude towards natural resources.

Also, add something about the way that in (some? all?) the cultures that describe Wendigo, its mention is seasonally taboo, (more dangerous in the winter) the same as several other stories(?) types of stories(?) about the supernatural. It's stuff I don't know how to summarize/cite yet, or don't have the resources. 96.42.44.124 (talk) 06:27, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

 * In reading the article I found it quite extraordinary that there was absolutely no mention of Forbes' or his book, it seems a curious omission. 90.218.165.157 (talk) 18:43, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2015
Please add the following sources to the bibliography: Brightman, Robert (2015). "The Return of the Windigo, Again," Semiotic Review http://www.semioticreview.com/index.php/thematic-issues/issue-monsters/29-the-return-of-the-windigo-again.html

Smallman, Shawn (2014) Dangerous Spirits: the Windigo in Myth and HistoryItalic text Victoria, BC: Heritage House Press. ISBN 978-1772030327

71.236.219.0 (talk) 23:04, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Could you please note where these sources should be used in the article? Simply adding the sources doesn't help much if they do not act as inline citations. -- ferret (talk) 23:43, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

Possible re-wording needed?
I'm sure that it is obvious from my lack of an account that I am not a wiki contributor, so I feel that I would probably not be the best choice to make the changes I will propose henceforth. In the initial introductory paragraph(s) there is a reference to "Wendigo psychosis" that contains this sentence:

"This is supposed to be a culture-bound disorder that features of saucey flesh and a fear the sufferer is a cannibal."

Personally I find the wording used here nearly incomprehensible, especially the part "that features of saucey flesh." With that part removed, "This is supposed to be a culture-bound disorder that features a fear the sufferer is a cannibal." at least makes sense to a degree, although it sounds very improper and I don't think, personally, that it correctly expresses the nature of Wendigo psychosis. Upon further researching the disorder I have absolutely no clue as to why the original writer included the aforementioned part, or what the hell "saucey flesh" is...

If the wiki communities/contributors that maintain this page do decide to re-word that sentence and as well know what the original writer was talking about in that part of the sentence, it may be worth mentioning that I am fairly sure "saucey" should be spelled "saucy."

Wiindigokan
Motion to include a section, or at least some dialogue about the wiindigokan (sacred clown contraries) due to their close relation to the Taboo Reinforcement Ceremony (they evidently led the dance in Cree and Ojibwe Tribe). It would help to shed some light on the perception of the wiindigo monster within the culture, by helping people understand the word's origin, at least such as it exists within Ojibwe culture. Might be a good idea to even create a separate article for Wiindigokan and then link to it. I thought it might just turn into another borderline-stub like the "Heyoka" article, but there's a ton of information out there we could include about them. Although they are similar in tradition to the Heyoka, their style of behaviour, dress, and the folklore about them is actually quite distinct. I would argue that they are a unique enough sect to be noteworthy.

A Poorly Referenced Opinion
In some Indigenous communities, environmental destruction and insatiable greed are also seen as a manifestation of Windigo Psychosis.[7]

If you go to this reference you will find it is an online blog with a definite agenda. You can find out just what that agenda is if you'd bothered to read it. If Wikipedia wants to maintain its credibility in the mainstream then its editors need to find unbiased sources from which to take references. That means a source without an axe to grind. As it is this source is a load of crap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.252.183.253 (talk) 23:54, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

 * The site is Mohawk Nation News. They use software also used by bloggers, but it's their official site. - Co rb ie V    ☊ ☼ 05:03, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

The source is still extremely one-sided and has a pre-determined opinion. This should be most obvious to anyone who reads it. Since it is not, Wikipedia editors for this article do NOT understand the basics of the use of unbiased sources. This article should be about a northeastern Native American legend. Nothing more, nothing less. It is not about other people's personal interpretations of the legend, it is not about other people's opinion of the legend, it is only about one particular legend. It is not for the editors of Wikipedia to inject THEIR PERSONAL OPINION into ANY article or use sources that exert biased on an article. This article as it is written obviously flouts that and with it the lip-service Wikipedia editors give to being an unbiased source of information without POV. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.51.145.103 (talk) 07:54, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above. The Mohawk Nation News column is an opinion piece using the wendigo as an allegory in reference to modern issues. It has absolutely nothing to do with historical Wendigo beliefs and has no place in the article. Everything referencing it as a source should be removed. Philip72 (talk) 01:17, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 10:23, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Photo Example
I apologize if I'm being dense, and meaning no insult to the photographer, but for the life of me I cannot make out any carving of anything in that photo. Is there a clearer example available? To me it just looks like a beautiful photo of a rock outcropping in the woods. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:246:0:ed97:194e:9162:4388:1ea5 (talk • contribs) 12:40, October 25, 2017 (UTC)

 * I thought exactly the same thing - and after staring at this image for a good half hour I can't make out any signs of human carving or interference with this clearly natural rock formation. Very confused. Tracking this image back to the creator, there seems to be no additional information presented. Google plus account has many other dubious and seemingly unfounded assumptions. - 10 Dec 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.226.113.44 (talk • contribs) 06:13, December 10, 2017 (UTC)

 * Agreed; there is no corroboration or official acknowledgement in regards to this being a carving. The creator is the only person to proclaim this find. Given that it's an otherwise unfounded example, should the image be removed in favour of a better example (or no example)? - 15 Dec 2017.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mothmvn (talk • contribs) 15:41, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

 * I experienced the same thing - that photo doesn't look like much of anything, apart from a rocky cliffside in the wilderness - where is the carving? If the carving isn't apparent, ought there to be some kind of instruction on where to look? And if it's that hard to see - should that photo really be included? There's plenty of fine art depicting the article's subject. 174.25.1.104 (talk) 00:51, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

 * I also cannot make out the alleged carving nor find any corroborating evidence associating that location with the topic of the article. I have removed it from the article with a comment requesting participation in this talk page discussion. ▸₷ truthious Ⓑ andersnatch ◂ 04:22, 5 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I also agree with the removal. And just a note that the image was uploaded by a user with the same user name as the person who has been claiming to have discovered this carving http://www.academia.edu/32926720/Ice_Age_Artifacts. If there really is a carving there (certainly can't tell from this image) there's no evidence anyone is calling it a Wendigo but him. Meters (talk) 04:53, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

I am trying to use Wikipedia properly, but I am new to this. Please be patient with me. I am submitting a new cropped version of the photo that was automatically generated by Twitter using my original photo. Root word of Wendigo is Owl. In original photo there is an Owl, Bird, Bear, Human, and Lion. The myth is the Wendigo is a Manitou that can move from one creature to another. I have presented this information to the State of Minnesota, they were very excited to learn about it, but their policy is secrecy at this time, to protect this non-renewable cultural resource. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveBenassi (talk • contribs) 13:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia is not the place to establish and interpret your photo as archaeological evidence related to Wendigos. Wikipedia articles document what verifiable, reliable sources say about a topic—the sorts of sources a journalist or an academic researcher summarizing the analysis of other experts would refer to.  So your photo is going to have to be identified by archaeologists or similar experts as having something to do with Wendigo mythology and then be published about in a verifiable, reliable source before any claims like those can be published here at Wikipedia. -- ▸₷ truthious Ⓑ andersnatch ◂ 16:55, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Hunger
What I would like to know is whether a Wendigo would be able to control its hunger or does it continuously hunt whether it's full or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:42C8:3900:3D58:783C:9B24:AF8 (talk) 03:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

wendigo
the wendigo is a actual creature who posses a human when they turn to cannibalism they live in the northern woods of the US and Canada. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.104.189.194 (talk) 19:54, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Close. It's an intangible spirit which transforms actual cannibalistic creatures. The spirit doesn't live or die, but the creatures do. Not particular to the north woods, only its name is local. The insane hunger for human flesh exists in deserts, at sea, on mountains and in caves. But calling it "the insane hunger for human flesh" makes it sound like a sex perversion, and it's not about that. Rather than agree upon what it essentially is about, most cultures politely decline to entertain the thought, much less label it. The Algonquin and French knew identifying it is the first step toward recognizing it and ultimately containing it. Some say they controlled it after that, some say they banished it, but whatever they did, the phenomena seems to have mostly dispersed. There was Issei Sagawa in Paris and Guy Leblond in North Bay, but even they were allegedly afflicted by something else. Pretty safe to say the "wendigo" (as we know it) is as dead as it's ever going to get. InedibleHulk (talk) 14:26, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

/* Semi-Protected against IP vandals */ protecting again
Too much disruption, consistently, over too long a period; so re-instating the protection. As I have also edited the page, if anyone has an issue with me pushing the button, feel free to appeal at WP:RPP. - CorbieVreccan ☊ ☼ 19:51, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Dead link
Reference #32 leads to a dead sub link. Could have been renamed or moved. ThatxGuy (talk) 14:08, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Pop Culture Addition
The videogame Until Dawn uses a wendigo as one of the antagonists in its story. ThatxGuy (talk) 14:49, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

 * Would it be worth it to also mention the close parallels between the Others (White Walkers in the show) from A Song of Fire and Ice and wendigos in folklore? Everything down to their presence with blizzards and ice, their proximity to the walking dead (in folklore, what is made from the corpses of a wendigos prey) and their ability to turn living beings into themselves (the "willing" wendigo conversion, when one succumbs to the cannibalistic urges). Frankly, in discussion regarding the folklore, that's the go-to example that I use for a good idea of what wendigo are.The Kilted Heathen (talk) 17:44, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Antlers
Apparently the traditional wendigo is not a shape shifter and is not normally depicted with antlers. But popular culture seems to depict them with antlers as their most prominent feature more often than not. Is it possible that the legend got crossed with that of the skinwalker? I should add, skinwalkers dont commonly have antlers either, but they are shape-shifters, and therefore a shape-shifter in an area where deer are common might assume the form of one. — Soap — 19:32, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

A comparison with modern western representations could be an interesting addition, so to note a whole "new" lore was created which is not like the various original native descriptions. Variations found in numerous video games and tv shows, some with antlers as mentioned above. In popular artistic culture (see Deviantart and other user submitted galeries online) the antlers or deer skull head are also popular too. It is a shift interesting to note, and while it can be explained by shapeshifting abilities in the original myth, it is not always portrayed as such in the western media including Wendigos. It could also be good to specify in respect of natives' representation of the being limited preliminary sources for the differences can be the media's wiki pages, but also and    and a more detailed thesis:  70.55.135.187

(talk) 20:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

I have noticed this as well, thinking about adding an edit but not sure where.

Specifically, this appears to originate from the director of the movie 'Wendigo (film)'. Either way, these depictions are very inaccurate, and there should definitely be a section pointing this out.

65.98.156.18(talk) 21:50, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I think the content needs to be re-written in regards to the intro summary where it states the pop-culture take on the "Wendigo" is referring to the "possibly European origins", since the idea of shape-shifters is not unique to European mythology and is present in virtually all cultures, including Native American mythology where you have skinwalkers which are known to shapeshift into all kinds of animals. There is no known origin of where or why wendigo are portrayed as having antlers (probably because from a marketing standpoint it gives them a very unique visage unlike many other monsters) but apparently Larry Fessenden was one of the first to depict them with antlers in the mainstream, first in his movie "Wendigo" and then later in his movie "The Last Winter" as well. I think the most likely scenario is that people mixed up the Wendigo myth and the Skinwalker myth and the two became synonymous with each-other.173.59.11.121 (talk) 06:26, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Correct plural?
The plural "wendigoag" is listed in the Etymology section- as I understand it, that's the only correct plural? But the term "wendigos" is then used throughout the rest of the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digitalbirthcontrol (talk • contribs) 20:49, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Depends. "Wendigoag" would be the plural in the source language, "wendigos" would be the assimilated into English plural.--Khajidha (talk) 17:36, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Name Taboo?
I've noticed a few trending posts on social media from Algonquin, etc., folks claiming that saying the name is taboo for fear of attracting it (much like the etymology for "bear"), to the point where some refuse to write out the name fully (replacing letters with asterisks, etc.). Is anyone aware of any sources that may or may not back this claim up? Noir LeSable (talk) 14:26, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

 * Response by moved to user talk due to issues with WP:OR, WP:RS and WP:FORUM.-  CorbieVreccan  ☊ ☼ 20:15, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-indeffed again
Every time the protection expires, the vandalism, or addition of unsourced commentary that needs to be removed, resumes. This page is such a perennial target, I think we are headed for permanent semi-protection next time. For now, I have re-instated the temporary protection to give our regular page patrollers a break. If anyone has an issue with this, as I also edit here, feel free to request changes to the page here on talk, or changes in protection level at WP:RPP. - CorbieVreccan  ☊ ☼ 19:10, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Give the recent resumption of IP disruption, I've reinstated the semi-protection. - CorbieVreccan  ☊ ☼ 20:53, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 October 2021
You should add a power section this is what it should say “The Wendigo has supernatural powers such as mimicking voices supernatural strength, supernatural speed, and some believers say that the Windigo can teleport. Another ability of the Windigo is the power to make things decompose faster such as its prey every time the Windigo kills its prey they decomposers in astounding speed till there is nothing but bones. There is also another ability that the Windygo has and that is the ability to shapeshift some believers say that when the Windigo gets close to its victims it shapeshifts into someone they can trust then when it's close enough it attacks the victim.” 2600:6C51:757F:4EB7:7C3F:DE4D:CAAB:B661 (talk) 21:49, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:21, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Images?
Can images from literature be used? Maka09 (talk) 16:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

In Popular Culture
There is an excellent and spooky windego scene in the new gruesome animated non-verbal series "Primal" on HBOmax. S01E08 Coven of the Damned 76.121.4.52 (talk) 07:55, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2022
https://prnt.sc/NQzgCDHFe-Aw for the photo ImSirBacon (talk) 18:49, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Please upload an image, and me sure it has an acceptable license. We cannot use copyrighted images. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:54, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

In Pop Culture
The video game Until Dawn is literally all about Wendigos, and a lot of the characteristics match the legend, with it taking place in winter, their physical appearance, and how characters transform into wendigos, as well as fire being effective (as wendigo's hearts are made of ice). WizardWolf124 (talk) 15:03, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

 * If you have reliable sources to support that claim, you can add it! Carpimaps (talk) 14:10, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2023
2601:281:D881:FA80:6197:BA7B:7BC9:A6CF (talk) 01:08, 6 May 2023 (UTC) You forgot about the most popular depiction of a wendigo is pop culture and that’s in the video game Until dawn where they have an Accurate depiction of the creature and it’s mythology
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Callme mirela 🍁 01:17, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Wrong Image in the description
Good evening everyone, someone edited the image of the page with an inaccurate rapresentation of the Wendigo. Even the text right next to it says that in real folklore it doesen't have horns or a skull face, could someone change it with a proper one? An accurate artistic rapresentation could be the model used in the game Until Dawn. I would do it myself but I can't. Thanks Vektbaerer (talk) 15:22, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

 * If this is the case, you are correct that the image should be replaced.
 * Are there any reliable sources that can confirm the model used in Until Dawn is more accurate? Finding such sources would be a good start. 2A04:4A43:4A4F:E104:0:0:772:443E (talk) 15:40, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Images used need to be public domain or licensed freely for use in Wikimedia, so images from a game are likely not usable. If the present image is outright misinformative, it should be removed now regardless of whether a replacement can be found. StereoFolic (talk) 16:47, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Seems like this is ✅ now by Kss5pj in these changes. StereoFolic (talk) 17:01, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2023
Adding to the popular culture section the following:

The 2015 horror survival video game Until Dawn by Supermassive Games features the Wendigo as the main antagonist. CLBrierley (talk) 12:43, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ❌ Trivial reference, see MOS:POPCULT * Pppery * it has begun... 22:38, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Photos ... Wendigo Manitou Carvings on Mount Trudee in Tettegouche State Park Minnesota
Suggested edit ...

Photos ... Wendigo Manitou Carvings on Mount Trudee in Tettegouche State Park Minnesota

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wendigo_Manitou.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wendigo_Manitou_Face.jpg  ... automatically cropped by Twitter facial recognition software

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bw0Ms8SCW6RjVERjWWVrM051MHc?resourcekey=0-G6mCgNxuRSPlgULKBreQCQ ... all photos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Minnesota ... Wendigo is featured in this film in Tettegouche

2601:444:300:B070:78DD:C663:1BC4:FBA (talk) 19:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 February 2024
Hi! I just thought that it would be incredibly relevant to add the video game 'Until Dawn' in the last section. It portrays the Wendigos in almost the exact format of the origin myth and ideas, even including Blackwood and the Crees. The physical attributes of the Wendigos are also human-like with taught skin, and they are also formed upon possession of someone who has turned to cannibalism in Canada. Littlemouserat (talk) 00:15, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
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Until Dawn not mentioned
Hello. Given that the Wendigoes are the main antagonists of Until Dawn - Wikipedia, why are they not mentioned in the popular culture of the article? Wendigo - Wikipedia This is especially baffling given that this is one of the few depictions of them to not be depicted with the antlers, and them being depicted as Indigenous mythology portrays them? I ask that Until Dawn be mentioned in the article. (2607:FEA8:7221:F600:D9AC:8F76:FAF4:45D2 (talk) 21:05, 20 May 2024 (UTC))

 * It's only one of many works that have used the creatures, so you need sources to back up its notability. Harryhenry1 (talk) 14:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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Percy Dovetonsils

Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations.

Creation
Kovacs created the character in 1950 for his program Three to Get Ready on WPTZ in Philadelphia (the station that is now KYW-TV). The prop glasses he used were discovered by his associate Andy McKay at a novelty store for ten cents; Kovacs drew lines on the eyeballs of the glasses to give Percy a "half-awake" appearance. Kovacs was said to be inspired by the TV poetry readings of Ted Malone. (Malone's program was called Between the Bookends); Percy's sign-off was, "I'll see you just outside the bookends." Others have attributed Percy's persona to Alexander Woollcott.

Format
Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a "poet laureate" who appeared onscreen as a bizarrely effeminate "artiste" with weirdly slicked hair (including two carefully placed spit-curls on his forehead) and extraordinarily thick eyeglasses that appeared to have eyes painted on the backsides of the lenses. He would appear seated in a chair wearing a zebra-patterned smoking jacket, and reading from an oversize book lying open in his lap. Percy would address the audience in a syrupy lisp and read his poems out of the book while sipping from a martini glass (which often had a daisy for a swizzle stick) and/or smoking through a long cigarette holder.

The poems themselves were corny or silly, with titles like "Leslie the Mean Animal Trainer" and "Ode to a Housefly (Philosophical Ruminations on a Beastie in the Booze)." While clever, the real humor of the poems lay in the delivery, Percy's appearance and mannerisms, and his obvious self-satisfaction with his creations (as evidenced by a pursed-lip smile and a quiver of the head at the end of significant stanzas).

Occasionally, Percy would display talents other than his poetry; he is seen playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on a grand piano-even after the piano itself disappears from view, and as a "Master Detective" in the US Steel "Private Eye, Private Eye" special of March 8, 1961, seen on CBS. The television special was a series of skits spoofing the portrayal of private investigators on television and in films. In "The Good Old Days", Kovacs as Percy tries tracking down a killer for the victim's widow, played by Edie Adams. Percy also put in a guest appearance on The Perry Como Show in February, 1957.

Character
The character has characteristics of the stereotype of homosexuals common in the 1950s and early 1960s. In one segment, he looks up abruptly from his book and says "That cameraman has the motht muthcular legth..." It was probably a Kovacs ad-lib, if one can judge from the off-camera laughter and the momentary shaking of the camera. In one of his poems, about a cowboy, one of the lines was "Are you really a gay ranchero?" The term "gay" in that sense was not often heard on television at that time.

Percy would sometimes talk to the off-camera crew (who were frequently heard laughing at Kovacs' ad-libs), or to his unseen "friend," Bruce. The lisping of both names helped reinforce the supposedly effeminate nature of those two names, a fact which George Carlin would later sometimes reference when discussing gay issues.

According to Joe Mikolas, a friend of Kovacs who also worked with him on his television shows, Kovacs had plans to make Percy Dovetonsils a more three-dimensional character, but died in an auto accident before he could start writing new material. Kovacs' own description of his character was, "He's a beautiful soul who hasn't quite made it over the line into this rude, virile world."

Records
In 1961, Kovacs recorded an album of Percy reading his poetry for Vanguard Records; the album was titled, Percy Dovetonsils... Thpeaks, but it was not released until 2012. Kovacs planned to release the album, but was not able to do so because of conflicts with other labels he recorded for. When the masters were given to Kovacs, he donated them to a Los Angeles area hospital. His wife, Edie Adams, was able to acquire them again in 1967; they remained part of her non-public collection of her husband's work until her death in 2008. When found, the tape was mislabeled as film and had no music background; it was only audio of Kovacs as Percy reading his poetry.

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Jacques de Vitry

Jacques de Vitry (Jacobus de Vitriaco, c. 1160/70 – 1 May 1240) was a French canon regular who was a noted theologian and chronicler of his era. He was elected bishop of Acre in 1214 and made cardinal in 1229. His Historia Orientalis (also known as Historia Hierosolymitana) is an important source for the historiography of the Crusades.

Biography
Jacques was born in central France (perhaps Reims). He was born in 1170 at the latest.

He studied at the University of Paris, becoming a canon regular in 1210 at the Priory of Saint-Nicolas d'Oignies in the Diocese of Liège, a post he maintained until his consecration as bishop in 1216. From 1211 to 1213 he preached the Albigensian Crusade, touring France and Germany with William, the archdeacon of Paris, and recruiting many Crusaders.

In 1214 Jacques was elected Bishop of Acre. He received episcopal consecration and arrived at his see in 1216. He was subsequently heavily involved in the Fifth Crusade, participating in the siege of Damietta from 1218 to 1220. In 1219 he began to write the Historia Hierosolymitana, a history of the Holy Land from the advent of Islam until the crusades of his own day, but only two parts were completed. He returned to Europe in 1225.

Between 16 April and 29 July 1229, Pope Gregory IX elevated Jacques to the College of Cardinals and transferred him to the suburbicarian see of Frascati. With the exception of a short legation to Emperor Frederick II in 1232, he spent his last years working in the papal court. He subscribed the papal bulls between 29 July 1229 and 23 June 1239. He died at Rome as Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. His remains were transferred to Oignies and buried there in 1241.

From a document issued by Pope Gregory on 14 May 1240 it appears that de Vitry, shortly before his death, had been elected as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, but this election was either not ratified by the Pope or he rejected it himself.

Aside from the Historia, his works include hundreds of sermons, and letters to Pope Honorius III. He also wrote about the immoral life of the students at the University of Paris and the holy life of the Beguines of Liège, in particular his Life of Marie d'Oignies, whose advice inspired him to become a canon regular.

Jacques de Vitry was fascinated by the powers held by the beguines, such that they were paralleled with the priests of the time, yet functioned outside the church proper. Although this movement was unrecognized in the church, Jacques made appeal to Pope Honorius III to legitimize the work of their community, as well as the Liège diocese, all France and throughout the Holy Roman Empire.

Reliquary at Oignies
In 2015, the CROMIOSS project, led by the Archaeological Society of Namur (SAN) in partnership with several Belgian universities and research institutes, undertook an interdisciplinary scientific study around the reliquary of Jacques de Vitry, located in the church of Saint Marie d’Oigines in Belgium. Anthropological, isotopic and genetic analyses indicated a high likelihood that the remains were in fact those of Jacques de Vitry. His unique parchment mitre was also analysed. Forensic work on the skull, supplemented with DNA evidence, also allowed for the creation of a visual reconstruction of what the bishop might have looked like. The remains were reinterred at Oignies in 2019.

Editions
Translations:
 * Historiography
 * Orientalis et occidentalis Historia. ed. F. Moschi, ex officina typographica Balthazaris Belleri, Douai, 1596, (archive.org, online facsimile).
 * Historia Hierosolimitana. ed. Jacques Bongars, in: Gesta Dei Per Francos, Sive Orientalium Expeditionum, Et Regni Francorum Hierosolimitani Historia. 1611, (online facsimile).
 * John Frederick Hinnebusch (ed.): The Historia occidentalis of Jacques de Vitry. A Critical Edition (= Spicilegium Friburgense. Texte zur Geschichte des kirchlichen Lebens. vol. 17, ). The University Press, Fribourg 1972.
 * Jacques de Vitry. Historia Orientalis, ed. Jean Donnadieu, 2008.
 * Abridged and incomplete translation to English: The {Abbreviated} History of Jerusalem, A.D. 1180 by Jacques de Vitry (= Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society vol. 11, no. 2, ), translated by Aubrey Stewart, year 1896.
 * French translation: Histoire des croisades, par Jacques de Vitry, translated by François Guizot year 1825

 * Sermons
 * Sermones de tempore. Kreuzherrenkonvent, Düsseldorf 1486,
 * Sermones de Tempore. In aedibus viduae & haeredum Ioannis Steelsij, Antwerpen 1575.
 * Iacobus de Vitriaco. Sermones vulgares vel ad status I, éd. J. Longère (Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis 255), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-503-54532-5)
 * Sermones vulgares. In: Analecta Novissima Spicilegii solesmensis. Disseruit Joannes Baptista Pitra. Band 2. Typis Tusculanis, Paris 1888, (excerpts).
 * The Exempla or Illustrative Stories from the Sermones Vulgares of Jacques de Vitry (= Publications of the Folk-Lore Society. 26, ). Edited with introduction, analysis, and notes by Thomas Frederick Crane. Nutt, London 1890, (archive.org).
 * Joseph Greven (ed.): Die Exempla aus den Sermones feriales et communes des Jakob von Vitry (= Sammlungen mittellateinischer Texte. 9, ). Winter, Heidelberg 1914, (archive.org).
 * Goswin Frenken, Die Exempla des Jacob von Vitry. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Erzählungsliteratur des Mittelalters (= Quellen und Untersuchungen zur lateinischen Philologie des Mittelalters. vol. 5.1, ). Beck, München 1914.

 * Letters
 * Reinhold Röhricht (ed.): Briefe. In: Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte. vol. 14, 1894, 97–118; vol. 15, 1895, vol. 568–587; vol. 16, 1896, 72–114.
 * Lettres de Jacques de Vitry ed. R. B. C. Huygens. Leiden, 1960.

 * Other
 * Vita b. Mariae Oignies. In: Acta Sanctorum. Junii. vol. 4. Petrus Jacobs, Antwerp 1707, 636–666.

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Astrocytoma

Astrocytoma is a type of brain tumor. Astrocytomas (also astrocytomata) originate from a specific kind of star-shaped glial cell in the cerebrum called an astrocyte. This type of tumor does not usually spread outside the brain and spinal cord and it does not usually affect other organs. After glioblastomas, astrocytomas are the second most common glioma and can occur in most parts of the brain and occasionally in the spinal cord.

Within the astrocytomas, two broad classes are recognized in literature, those with:
 * Narrow zones of infiltration (mostly noninvasive tumors; e.g., pilocytic astrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma), that often are clearly outlined on diagnostic images
 * Diffuse zones of infiltration (e.g., high-grade astrocytoma), that share various features, including the ability to arise at any location in the central nervous system, but with a preference for the cerebral hemispheres; they occur usually in adults, and have an intrinsic tendency to progress to more advanced grades.

People can develop astrocytomas at any age. The low-grade type is more often found in children or young adults, while the high-grade type is more prevalent in adults. Astrocytomas in the base of the brain are more common in young people and account for roughly 75% of neuroepithelial tumors.

Pathophysiology
Astrocytoma causes regional effects by compression, invasion, and destruction of brain parenchyma, arterial and venous hypoxia, competition for nutrients, release of metabolic end products (e.g., free radicals, altered electrolytes, neurotransmitters), and release and recruitment of cellular mediators (e.g., cytokines) that disrupt normal parenchymal function. Secondary clinical sequelae may be caused by elevated intracranial pressure attributable to direct mass effect, increased blood volume, or increased cerebrospinal fluid volume.

Genetic and Molecular alterations
Homozygous deletion of CDKN2A/B is the main feature of high grade astrocytoma. In addition, a genome-wide pattern of DNA copy-number alterations (CNAs) has been uncovered, which is correlated with a patient's survival and response to treatment. This pattern identifies among lower-grade astrocytoma patients a subtype, where the CNA genotype is correlated with an approximately one-year survival phenotype.

Diagnosis
An X-ray computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is necessary to characterize the extent of these tumors (size, location, consistency). CT will usually show distortion of third and lateral ventricles with displacement of anterior and middle cerebral arteries. Histologic analysis is necessary for grading diagnosis.

In the first stage of diagnosis the doctor will take a history of symptoms and perform a basic neurological exam, including an eye exam and tests of vision, balance, coordination, and mental status. The doctor will then require a CT scan and MRI of the patient's brain. During a CT scan, X-rays of the patient's brain are taken from many different directions. These are then combined by a computer, producing a cross-sectional image of the brain. For an MRI, the patient relaxes in a tunnel-like instrument while the brain is subjected to changes of magnetic field. An image is produced based on the behavior of the brain's water molecules in response to the magnetic fields. A special dye may be injected into a vein before these scans to provide contrast and make tumors easier to identify.

If a tumor is found, a neurosurgeon must perform a biopsy on it. This simply involves the removal of a small amount of tumor tissue, which is then sent to a neuropathologist for examination and grading. The biopsy may take place before surgical removal of the tumor or the sample may be taken during surgery. Grading of the tumor sample is a method of classification that helps the doctor to determine the severity of the astrocytoma and to decide on the best treatment options. The neuropathologist grades the tumor by looking for atypical cells, the growth of new blood vessels, and for indicators of cell division called mitotic figures.

Grading
Of numerous grading systems in use for the classification of tumor of the central nervous system, the World Health Organization (WHO) grading system is commonly used for astrocytoma. Established in 1993 in an effort to eliminate confusion regarding diagnoses, the WHO system established a four-tiered histologic grading guideline for astrocytomas that assigns a grade from 1 to 4, with 1 being the least aggressive and 4 being the most aggressive.

The WHO grading scheme is based on the appearance of certain characteristics: atypia, mitosis, endothelial proliferation, and necrosis. These features reflect the malignant potential of the tumor in terms of invasion and growth rate. Various types of astrocytomas are given these WHO grades:

According to the WHO data, the lowest grade astrocytomas (grade I) make up only 2% of recorded astrocytomas, grade II 8%, and the higher grade anaplastic astrocytomas (grade III) 20%. The highest graded astrocytoma (grade IV GBM) is the most common primary nervous system cancer and second most frequent brain tumor after brain metastasis. Despite the low incidence of astrocytomas compared to other human cancers, mortality is significant, as the higher grades (III & IV) present high mortality rates (mainly due to late detection of the neoplasm).

Prevention
There are no precise guidelines because the exact cause of astrocytoma is not known.

Treatment
For low-grade astrocytomas, removal of the tumor generally allows functional survival for many years. In some reports, the 5-year survival has been over 90% with well-resected tumors. Indeed, broad intervention of low-grade conditions is a contested matter. In particular, pilocytic astrocytomas are commonly indolent bodies that may permit normal neurologic function. However, left unattended, these tumors may eventually undergo neoplastic transformation. To date, complete resection of high-grade astrocytomas is impossible because of the diffuse infiltration of tumor cells into normal parenchyma. Thus, high-grade astrocytomas inevitably recur after initial surgery or therapy and are usually treated similarly to the initial tumor. Despite decades of therapeutic research, curative intervention is still nonexistent for high-grade astrocytomas; patient care ultimately focuses on palliative management.

Notable cases
In March 1990, United States Republican Party political strategist Lee Atwater was diagnosed with astrocytoma after a tumor was found in his right parietal lobe. After undergoing radiation therapy (including the then-new implant radiation treatment), Atwater died the following year at the age of 40.

Long-time U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) died of malignant glioma.

University of Texas sniper Charles Whitman, who killed multiple people during a mass murder event in 1966, was diagnosed with astrocytoma post-mortem. The Connally Commission investigating the shooting concluded the tumor "conceivably could have contributed to his inability to control his emotions and actions".

Major League pitcher Dan Quisenberry was diagnosed with grade IV astrocytoma in January 1998. He died age 45 in 1998 in Leawood, Kansas.

Richard Burns, winner of the 2001 World Rally Championship, was diagnosed with astrocytoma in 2003. Four years to the day after winning the World Rally Championship, on 25 November 2005, Burns died in Westminster, London, aged 34, after having been in a coma for some days as a result of his brain tumour.

Professional wrestler Matt Cappotelli was diagnosed with a grade 2/3 astrocytoma in December 2005, scuttling plans to promote Cappottelli to the main WWE roster. Cappotelli, who won a contract with WWE through the third season of their reality program Tough Enough, was the Ohio Valley Wrestling Heavyweight Champion at the time of his diagnosis and vacated the title in February 2006 after confirming the tumor was cancerous. Cappotelli underwent successful surgery and chemotherapy, but was unable to return to active wrestling work. He did return to OVW as a trainer in 2013. He died on June 29, 2018.

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