an evil demon in Algonquian mythology [n WINDIGOES, WINDIGOS]
(in the folklore of the Ojibwa and other Indians) a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh
culture-specific syndrome occurring primarily among the Ojibwa and related Indian peoples and characterized by fever-induced delusions that one is being possessed by such a giant
(Am. Ind.) a mythical monster among some N. American Indian tribes, that eats human flesh also WENDIGO [n WINDIGOES or WINDIGOS]