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Wendigo
ウェンディゴ
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Artwork from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei

Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Origin Ojibwe culture
Cree culture
Race(s) JakiDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Kyūyaku Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX
Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Devil Survivor
Devil Survivor: Overclocked
Devil Survivor 2
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

ToukiMajin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis
Alignment(s) Dark-LawShin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem

Dark-NeutralShin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX

NeutralShin Megami Tensei IV
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

Wendigo is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

The Wendigo[a] is an evil spirit associated with cannibalism in the folklore of the Algonquian peoples, primarily the Ojibwe and Cree cultures, acting as malevolent spirits that possess people and drive them to murder and cannibalism. They are described as appearing emaciated to the point that their bones stick out of their skin and grow in size every time they eat a human so their hunger is never sated, allowing them to grow tall enough to tower over trees. It is considered tabboo to depict or speak about the Wendigo in Algonquian cultures as not to invite its presence.

Design

The Wendigo in Shin Megami Tensei is depicted as a purple skinned humanoid covered with long red hair with only it's face partially visible. It received a new design in Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers that gave it an ape-like body with white fur covering its body with its stomach, chest and face exposed revealing black skin with blue markings on it, and has a pair of giant horns resembling those of a moose sprouting from its head.

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Wendigo.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei
(A-Mode DDS)

Origin: Canada
An abominable snowman from Canadian slopes. He is over 4.5 meters tall, with a skull-like head and thick white fur. He can run through the snow at great speed, killing and eating humans.

Shin Megami Tensei II
(A-Mode DDS) 		出身地：カナダ
カナダの雪深い山中に住む雪男。五メートルほどの背丈で骸骨のような頭と厚い毛で覆われた姿をしているといわれる。深い雪山の中でも素早く移動する事ができ、人間を攫っては喰い殺すといわれている。
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Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.

It has a face that looks like a skull and its fur lets it run quickly in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.

It has a face that looks like a skull and its fur lets it run quickly in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked.

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.
It has a face that looks like a skull and its fur lets it run quickly in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked.

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
(3DS)

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.

It has a face that looks like a skull and its thick fur lets it easily thrive in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked. It is also said to be a type of spirit that dwells in mountains.

Devil Survivor: Overclocked

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.

It has a face that looks like a skull and its thick fur lets it run quickly in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked. It is also said to be a type of spirit that dwells in mountains.

Devil Survivor 2

An abominable snowman of Canada. Its height is over five meters.

It has a face that looks like a skull and its thick fur lets it run quickly in snow. It appears in villages and eats humans. Sacrifices are common to avoid being attacked. It is also said to be a type of spirit that dwells in mountains.

Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker
Kētai Akuma Densho

カナダに棲息するとされる雪男。身長が５メートルを超える巨人であると言われる。

出身地：カナダ
ウェンディゴはカナダの森林地帯に棲息するといわれる雪男の一種で、その身長は５メートルを超えると言う。骸骨のように見える顔と厚い毛で覆われた姿をしていて、深い雪山の中でも俊敏に走ると言う。村里に現れては、人間を襲って食べると言われており、そのため生け贄を捧げることによって、そうした被害を出さないようにする風習もあったと伝えられている。ウェンディゴは山に棲む精霊の一種であるとも言われていた。
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Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei

In 203X, a Wendigo guards the 2nd basement floor of Shinjuku Underground under the orders of Ozawa. It asks the Hero if Ozawa sent him, and if the Hero admits he didn't, the Wendigo rebukes him and turns him away. If the Hero says he did, however, the Wendigo will not care and quickly attacks him, though it is defeated.

Devil Survivor

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Manga Appearances

Deathtament: Shin Megami Tensei: DSJ Another Report

After Captain Aaron is decapitated by a Gurulu, a Wendigo captures the airborne demon and eats it as the rest of the Gigantic crew watches in awe.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Wendigo
Japanese ウェンディゴ Wendigo Wendigo
Korean 웬디고 Wendigo Wendigo

Gallery

Notes

  1. ↑ Ojibwe: wiindigoo; Cree: ᐑᐦᑎᑯᐤ, romanized wîhtikow
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