Wendigo

mythical creature
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Wendigo

Summary

Wendigo is a mythical creature[1]. Wendigo ranks in the top 1% of mythical_creature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wendigo is in the country of United States[3].
  • Wendigo's instance of is recorded as mythical creature[4].
  • Wendigo's instance of is recorded as demon[5].
  • Wendigo's instance of is recorded as giant[6].
  • The location of Wendigo was North America[7].
  • Wendigo is part of mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas[8].
  • Wendigo is used for social commentary[9].
  • Wendigo is used for horror fiction[10].
  • Wendigo is used for law[11].
  • Wendigo's Commons category is recorded as Wendigos[12].
  • Wendigo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wendigos[13].
  • Wendigo's facet of is recorded as cannibalism[14].
  • Wendigo's facet of is recorded as transformation: normal person to cannibal[15].
  • Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as spirit possession[16].
  • Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as evil[17].
  • Wendigo's has characteristic is recorded as supernatural[18].
  • Wendigo's culture is recorded as Cree[19].
  • Wendigo's culture is recorded as Anishinaabe[20].
  • Wendigo's symbolizes is recorded as hunger[21].
  • Wendigo's P14750 is recorded as A2DA-D87E-D5A5-EBAD-A9D3[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include mythical creature[4], demon[5], and giant[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include social commentary[9], horror fiction[10], and law[11]. Wendigo is part of mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas[8].

Influence

Things named for Wendigo include Rivière Windigo[23], a river[24], in Canada[25].

Why It Matters

Wendigo ranks in the top 1% of mythical_creature entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,215 views/month).[2] Wendigo has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] Wendigo is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for Wendigo include Rivière Windigo[23], a river[24], in Canada[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country United States
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50895|batch #50895]]: because of P276"
  2. 19d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 A2DA-D87E-D5A5-EBAD-A9D3
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: A2DA-D87E-D5A5-EBAD-A9D3, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/265669|batch #265669]]"
  3. 6w ago · ArtemisiaGentileschiFan · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Wendigo Wintery Forest.jpg"
  4. 6w ago · Rémih · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image
    Commons category Wendigos
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Wendigo Wintery Forest.jpg"
  5. 10w ago · Infovarius · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Wendigos
    Instance of mythical creature, demon, giant
    Has characteristic spirit possession, evil, supernatural
    Part of
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4878]]: [[Q3535686]], import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
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