possession-causes-cannibalistic-madness

Wendigo · salience 0.95

“It's said to possess humans, driving them to madness and cannibalism.”

Black Tamanous

“several connect the name specifically to the Cannibal Spirit associated with winter ceremonial societies documented among Kwakiutl and related Pacific Northwest coast peoples, where initiates in a cannibal society were said to ritually enact themes of being possessed by or embodying such a spirit during the winter ceremonial season.”