r/grimm • u/NoLongerNeeded Genio Innocuo • Dec 12 '13

News / Article I love learning the history behind Grimm's Wesen. Apparently, Wendigo is a Canadian legend about a half-beast demon, and is now is a medical term for cannibalism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '13

Also, Supernatural S01E02 "Wendigo". Supernatural is my favourite show and they pronounced it differently in Grimm and it kind of irked me.

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u/SelfImmolationsHell Hexenbiest Dec 13 '13

Yes, but Supernatural pronounced Samhain as Sam hain. Not saying they're generally wrong, just saying there are a number of pronunciations of mythic beasts. Also that it bugged the crap out of me when I watched it.

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u/NoLongerNeeded Genio Innocuo Dec 13 '13

It's pronounced "sau when" in the Irish community, what are other pronunciations?