Wendigo - Variegated

Wendigo – Variegated – Ash Grey, Pale Grey, and Olive Green A mythological creature or evil spirit originating from the folklore of Plains and Great Lakes Natives as well as some First Nations in Canada. The wendigo is often said to be a malevolent spirit, depicted as a supernatural cannibalistic creature with human-like characteristics and a heart of ice, which possesses human beings. Strongly associated with winter, the north, coldness, famine, and starvation, it is said to invoke feelings of insatiable greed/hunger, the desire to cannibalize other humans, and the propensity to commit murder in those that fall under its influence. The wendigo is seen as the embodiment of gluttony, greed, and excess: never satisfied after killing and consuming one person, they are constantly searching for new victims. Basil H. Johnston, an Ojibwe teacher and scholar from Ontario, gives a description of a wendigo: The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tightly over