Wendigo Tapestries

Cryptids Club Case file #95 Wendigo Threa level 3 Cannibal Spirit Northern Forests of the United States and Canada

In Algonquian folklore, the wendigo or windigo is a mythical cannibal monster or evil spirit native to the northern forests of the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes Region of both the United States and Canada. The wendigo may appear as a monster with some characteristics of a human, or as a spirit who has possessed a human being and made them become monstrous. It is historically associated with cannibalism, murder, insatiable greed, and the cultural taboos against such behaviours. --From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shape shifting people eater, the Wendigo is a pretty powerful and potentially dangerous symbol to have around..

My rendering of the mythical cryptid, wendigo.

Ancient spirit of winter, cabin fever, and cannibalism.

An illustration of a Wendigo and its anatomy with notes

He doesn’t like it when you stare at him.

Wendigo with moon

Wendigo - The Spirit of Lonely Places. “Wendigo is a mythological creature or evil spirit from the folklore of the First Nations Algonquin tribes based in the northern forests of the East Coast of Canada and Great Lakes Region of Canada and the United States. The wendigo is depicted as a monstrous malevolent spirit, with some characteristics of a human or as a spirit, who has possessed a human being. Its influence is said to invoke acts of murder, insatiable greed, cannibalism and the cultural taboos against such behaviours.” – Excerpt from Wikipedia.

He doesn’t like it when you stare at him.

art deco wendigo

Wendigo

The cryptic Wendigo on North American Folklore

The Wendigo haunts the forests of North America looking for flesh. Cover yours with this creepy shirt.

illustration of a mythical native cannibal monster (wendigo) by John Snipes.

When the fox hears the rabbit scream he comes a-runnin' but not to help.

a black and white version Wendigo

Wendigo Skull

A young wendigo stopping to appreciate the fall mushrooms around!

A sketch done in white gel ink

Tea Time

The mythological man-eating creature.

With the consumption of man comes an ancient curse as old as man itself. Wendigo.

He doesn’t like it when you stare at him.

Chibi wendigo

I think the Wendigo is the national cryptid of Canada. If not, it should be.

Wendigo T-Shirt Design featuring a frightening illustration of a wendigo with dark woods background.

You never know what creatures might be lurking in the woods at night.

Witchy

Wendigos like hot sauce on their meals

A quick design.

He’s going to lead you into the dark parts of the forest, or to snacks!

In this Weird West scene, you find yourself face to face with a terrifying figure on a cold overcast winter day. Dressed in tattered black robes and masked in the skull of a deer, this nightmare shaman stares at you from atop a pile of snow covered boulders. He carries a curved staff from which hangs a human skull. It's then that you notice his clawed hands and greenish skin. Is this a man or a monster. Meet the Wendigo. I've created a few scenes featuring the Wendigo. Usually, they are more obviously a creature. For this one though I wanted to make it seem possible that the Wendigo was a human as the legends sometime consider the Wendigo a monster and at other times a possessed human. I originally crafted this particula...

Wendigo (Windigo) Head. It's an evil spirit creature from the Native American Folklore.

The legendary Wendigo

Cool linocut style wendigo design.