so... I just found out what a wendigo really is..

[Tia Is Best Pony 310]

So, i was watching a show about zombies in ancient cultures and they started talking about wendigos and well.. yea its messed up. here is the wiki definition of wendigos

Wendigo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

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 peoples.

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.

Wendigo psychosis is the name conventionally given to a disputed culture-bound disorder featuring an intense craving for human flesh and the fear that the sufferer would turn into a cannibal. This was alleged to have occurred among Algonquian nativecultures.^[3]

 

 

creepy right? basicly its a demon that takes over a person and makes them eat people. am i the only one who finds it odd that mlp wendigos share the same name??

~Luna Forever 

[Sir.Flutter Hooves 2,953]

Plus check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IwIC4DWi2k

 

It's part one of an Animal Planet series called Lost Tapes. You might like it, because it talks about all the folklore. It's scary yet good.

 

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[Blue Moon 6,341]

Plus check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IwIC4DWi2k

 

It's part one of an Animal Planet series called Lost Tapes. You might like it, because it talks about all the folklore. It's scary yet good.

 

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Ooh, I love that series. It has some pretty good horror moments and I love it even more due to the fact that it centers around cryptozoology. 

[Midnight Seeker 302]

I have read a bit on the Wendigo myth. The scary thing? Not only do a lot of people wholeheartly believe in it, there is eveidence to back up the legends.

 

Considered by some to be a Wendigo event.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tim_McLean

[Rainbow Dash Loyalty 1,275]

Goddamn >.< Sounds like some mythical creepypasta creature. 

But I'm certain that it was just a coincidence for MLP to name one of their creatures named after some creepy cannibal monster:
Wind + Dingo = Windingo 
 

[Evilshy 5,090]

Goddamn >.< Sounds like some mythical creepypasta creature. 

 

But I'm certain that it was just a coincidence for MLP to name one of their creatures named after some creepy cannibal monster:

Wind + Dingo = Windingo 

 

 

Wendigoes are actually fairly well known legendary creatures. They are known more for their connection to ice, winter, famine, etc. than they are to cannibalism.

MLP is known for puns, so Windigo seems pretty natural to me.

 

I love me some cryptozoology and mythical creatures

 

Also, while Lost Tapes is pretty cool, it'd be better if they didn't add the ambient music, so it'd seem more like actual footage :/

Edited May 3, 2013 by Evilshy

[THE WILD HUNT 213]

Well like Evilshy said, the Wendigos were also connected to famine and winter. Now if you remember what Hearth Warming Eve (was that the episode's name?) was about, it was pretty much about Old Equestria being overcome by cold and famine, all a product of the windigos influence on the land. Makes sense after that.

[Yamato 1,348]

Very few things thoroughly creep me out. Congratulations, sir, you found one of them. I guess that means no sleep for me tonight!