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noun
A malevolent and violent cannibal spirit found in Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, and Cree mythology, which is said to inhabit the body of a living person and possess him or her to commit murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: wetiko, wihtikow, witigo, witiko
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of splake (“kind of hybrid fish”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: splake
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Ojibwe wiindigoo, from Proto-Algonquian *wi·nteko·wa (“owl; malevolent spirit, cannibalistic monster”). Compare Plains Cree wîhtikow, ᐃᐧᐦᑎᑯᐤ (“greedy person; cannibal; giant man-eating monster”).
Across languages
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