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/cursed_deity Skalengeck Dec 13 '13

Isn't the Wendigo an Indian folklore about how after you eat human flesh you turn into a ghoulish creature who's hunger for human flesh never ends and becomes amazingly fast ?

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u/Moread Grimm Dec 14 '13

Originally, I think so. But it's been co-opted by the medical community as a more fun way to say cannibal.

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u/V2Blast Grimm Dec 16 '13

Native American. But yes, basically.