| 释义 |
windigo|ˈwɪndɪgəʊ|
Also 9 weendego(ag, wendigo; wihtigo, witiko, etc.; and with capital initial.
[Ojibwa wintiko, pl. wintikok; some spellings reflect the Cree cognate wihtikow.]
In the folklore of the northern Algonquian Indians: a cannibalistic giant, the transformation of a person who has eaten human flesh.
1714J. Knight Jrnl. 7 Oct. in W. Cowan Papers of Seventh Algonquian Conference 1975 (1976) 21 Some Indians came from Fort Nelson who says they saw a Whitego wch is an Apparition. 1830E. James Narr. John Tanner 316 The Muskegoes, who inhabit the low and cheerless swamps on the borders of Hudson's Bay, and are themselves reproached by the other tribes as cannibals, are said to live in constant fear of the Weendegoag. 1847J. B. Nevins Two Voyages 115 When Windego saw him, he was very angry, and said, ‘What do you mean, boy, by coming out and making that noise? I am going to eat you.’ 1859P. Kane Wanderings of Artist among Indians N. Amer. 60 The Weendigoes are looked upon with superstitious dread and horror by all Indians. 1924Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 170/1 At midnight they were wakened by what Jacques took to be a wendigo in the woods behind. 1933J. M. Cooper in Primitive Man Jan. 20 The Cree Witiko Psychosis... This peculiar form of mental disturbance is characterized by (1) a craving for human flesh, and (2) a delusion of transformation into a Witiko who has a heart of ice or who vomits ice. 1934Jrnl. Abnormal & Social Psychol. XXIX. 7 The repugnance to food is construed as positive evidence that the person is becoming a ‘wihtigo’, i.e., a cannibal. 1960T. Stacey Brothers M. ii. xxxii. 361 Daudi..was still utterly subjected, as if by some unseen windigo that was withdrawing him to its own element. 1961O. Nash Coll. Verse 425 The Wendigo, The Wendigo! Its eyes are ice and indigo! 1971Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 78/1 States of excitement or panic may be so influenced by local conditions as to give the appearance of specific psychoses... The Windigo psychosis of the Chippewa, Ojibwa and Cree Indians illustrates the way in which such states can develop. |