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Wendigo (/ ˈ w ɛ n d ɪ ɡ oʊ /) is a mythological creature or evil spirit originating from Algonquian folklore. The concept of the wendigo has been widely used in literature and other works of art, such as social commentary and horror fiction .
The Wendigo first appeared in The Incredible Hulk (vol. 2) #162 (April 1973), and was created by Steve Englehart and Herb Trimpe.Englehart recalled: "I knew about the legend of the Wendigo, and thought, between his strength and his sad story, that he sounded like a good Hulk opponent".
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Like the wendigo, the wechuge seeks to eat people, attempting to lure them away from their fellows by cunning. In one folktale, it is made of ice and very strong, and is only killed by being thrown on a campfire and kept there overnight until it has melted. [ 2 ]
Alone Against the Wendigo, published in 1985, was the game's first solo adventure, a 68-page softcover book with a removable cardstock insert designed by Glenn Rahman, with contributions by Jeff Okamoto, and artwork by Dan Day, David Day, and Tom Sullivan.
Critical reception for The Curse of the Wendigo has been mostly positive and the book received starred positive reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist. [2] [3] [4] The School Library Journal commented that the book worked well as a standalone text and the reviewer marked it as one of her favorite book reads for 2010. [5]
H.P. Lovecraft said of The Wendigo: "Another amazingly potent though less artistically finished tale [than Blackwood's The Willows] is The Wendigo, where we are confronted by horrible evidences of a vast forest daemon about which North Woods lumber men whisper at evening. The manner in which certain footprints tell certain unbelievable things ...
The strigoi take the milk from the cows, take the manna of the wheat, the strength of the people, stop the rains, bring hail and bring death among men and cattle. On Saint George's day (April 23), the boys water the girls so that they don't suffer from strigoi, but also so that they don't turn into these creatures.