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Moonshadow01 β Howl of the Wendigo
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Wendigos definately need more love, they're so badass and can be portrayed in so many different ways. Fuck yea Native American mythology!And I'm too lazy to explain exactly what a wendigo is, so if you wanna know, Google that shit XP
There will be a colored version of this up soon.
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this is like dead space level stuff
I FREAKING LOVE IT
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this is like dead space level stuff
I FREAKING LOVE IT
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Hey do you know that someone used this drawing for a tattoo?
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Really? Who? I don't remember giving anyone permission to use it...
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Lol that's pretty funny, at least they did a decent job on the tattoo. I don't know the person it's just one of the first images I saw when I googled "wendigo tattoo", as was your original drawing.
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Hmmm, that may have been that one person I allowed to use my design for a tattoo back in 2013.Β I thought they were only going to use certain parts of the design and not just copy it.Β Oh well, I won't make that mistake again.Β Thanks for commenting on their page with a link to the original so at least people will know who really designed it.
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hey Moonshadow01 you ever play until dawn
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No but I've watched Markiplier's play-through of it.Β It looks like a pretty cool game and the wendigo design was awesome.
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I have to tell you, this is one of my top favorite wendigo pics.
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THAT IS HORRIFYING! AND AWESOME! Great design, details, shading, pose and multiple expressions.
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Whoa, very interestingΒ
With all the different creatures and beings and body parts, this looks Β like it would've been a challenge, so good job!
Very impressiveΒ
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This version of Wendigo looks like something out of Clive Barker's imagination if he drew one
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hmm...different take, but i like it
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I totally agree; the Wendigo is criminally underrated! There should be more Wendigo stuff!
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Astoundingly creepy and creative. I applaud you sir!
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Sadly the wrong seris used the wendigo in it (mlp fim) and they fucked it up badly
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The wendigo (also known as windigo, weendigo, windago, waindigo, windiga, witiko, wihtikow, and numerous other variants)[1] is a creature appearing in the legends of the Algonquian people.
It is thought of variously as a malevolent cannibalistic spirit that could possess humans or a monster that humans could physically transform into. Those who indulged in cannibalism were at particular risk,[2] and the legend appears to have reinforced this practice as a taboo.
The Wendigo is part of the traditional belief systems of various Algonquian-speaking tribes in the northern United States and Canada, most notably the Ojibwe and Saulteaux, the Cree, the Naskapi and the Innu people.[4] Though descriptions varied somewhat, common to all these cultures was the conception of Wendigos as malevolent, cannibalistic, supernatural beings (manitous) of great spiritual power.[5] They were strongly associated with the Winter, the North, and coldness, as well as with famine and starvation.[6] Basil Johnston, an Ojibwe teacher and scholar from Ontario, gives one description of how Wendigos were viewed:[7]
β 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. β
At the same time, Wendigos were embodiments of gluttony, greed, and excess: never satisfied after killing and consuming one person, they were constantly searching for new victims. In some traditions, humans who became overpowered by greed could turn into Wendigos; the Wendigo myth thus served as a method of encouraging cooperation and moderation.[8]
Among the Ojibwe, Eastern Cree, Westmain Swampy Cree, Naskapi, and Innu, Wendigos were said to be giants, many times larger than human beings (a characteristic absent from the Wendigo myth in the other Algonquian cultures).[9] Whenever a Wendigo ate another person, it would grow in proportion to the meal it had just eaten, so that it could never be full.[10] Wendigos were therefore simultaneously constantly gorging themselves and emaciated from starvation.
Human Wendigos
All cultures in which the Wendigo myth appeared shared the belief that human beings could turn into Wendigos if they ever resorted to cannibalism[2] or, alternatively, become possessed by the demonic spirit of a Wendigo, often in a dream. Once transformed, a person would become violent and obsessed with eating human flesh. The most frequent cause of transformation into a Wendigo was if a person had resorted to cannibalism, consuming the body of another human in order to keep from starving to death during a time of extreme hardship or famine.[11]
Among northern Algonquian cultures, cannibalism, even to save one's own life, was viewed as a serious taboo; the proper response to famine was suicide or resignation to death.[12] On one level, the Wendigo myth thus worked as a deterrent and a warning against resorting to cannibalism; those who did would become Wendigo monsters themselves.
The more you know~β
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The Wendigo, a beast of pure and unimaginable hunger. This really is how I would picture it to probably look like.
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Hmmm....cool concept for the wendigo. Though, for some reason this reminds me of Envy from Full-Metal Alchemist.
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would it be okay if I use this as a discrition for my wendigo character it's just so awesome?
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I'd rather you design your own unique wendigo character rather than use my design. it's okay to be inspired by other people's art, but wouldn't it be better if you made a character you could truly call your own?
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you have inspired me. 
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Sure! Send me a link
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This is such an amazing picture! I love the detail. Would you be interested in selling this as a print thru dA?
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Done and done! Sorry the larger sizes aren't available, the original was damaged so I can't re-scan it
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I LOVE the Wendigo! They are my favorite mythological creature
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This is the coolest mythological shit Ive ever seen
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