Often believed to be the same thing, the Navajo Skinwalker and the Algonquin Wendigo are different sorts of monsters from very distinct cultures. One is a witch, an evil shaman practicing “bad medicine.” The other is a man so consumed by greed and hunger that he transforms into a demonic creature with a singular desire for human flesh. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge…
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0:00 – Intro
1:43 – Navajo and Algonquin Tribal Differences
5:48 – Skinwalker and Wendigo Descriptions
11:16 – How They Are Created
15:45 – Motivations of the Monsters
19:21 – Killing a Skinwalker or a Wendigo
20:46 – Outro
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That's how i would describe Hillary Clinton.
Smells like death and corruption…
Technically wouldn't "the wendigo" itself be the evil spirit that overtakes the person as well as the person after possession?
I'm just curious, given your knowledge around folklore, what are your thoughts on the many similarities between Norse culture and Native American culture?
I've always found it really interesting how similar they are, and given how the vikings were travelling to and from North America well before Christopher Columbus "discovered" America, I wonder if the vikings heavily influenced Native culture, or vice versa.
The similarities in belief and traditions revolving around animal spirits is one aspect that really intrigues me (wolves and bears specifically), especially now that you've pointed out how Skinwalkers are very similar to Berserkers.
Oh my gosh u guys!! As a Native American, I gotta say kudos 👍💯 much respect, love your explanation!!! I'm just into the beginning, but as an Anishnaabe, I'll explain later the difference from Algonquin, as I was taught anyway
I could have lived a long and happy life without hearing the word "Wendussy" D:
maybe the real skinwalkers were the friemds we made along the way
Both possess superhuman powers too and of course regeneration
That intro gave me a brain bleed.
Thank you.
Honestly, Wendigos traumatized me when I was younger. If you wanna know why, it’s because my dad told me I was one. That messed with me for a while.
A question I have about the skinwalker transformation is: would they have to do the ritual if they wanted to use different forms for the first time? for example they were a wolf last time and now they want to become a coyote, they would have to sacrifice someone or could they wear the skin and shapeshift without the ritual? I’m really curious about this
20:32 that transition to an add. Splendid.
Navajo tradition has a lot of taboos behind it
Not shared with outsiders
Bad medicine not spoken about since it manifests & gains power if you believe in it
Aldo non of our tradition & arts were written down it's all oral
Wait, "most" things? Please elaborate.
I've herd that Wendigos can silence the Forrest making all the animals quiet.. I've also herd that if you look a wendigo in the eye, it will follow and hunt you forever….
how to become a windy boi 101. 😂
I often get annoyed by people who just jump on the trend to see the wendigo and stuff
I think it would be weird if Navaho Nation , that was traditionally the Diné Nation, came from the Naha Valley , and that was how the name travelled, because I understand that "Navajo" is a Pueblo word for "valley farmer". It's not a Diné word. Much like indigenous cultures all over the world, the self-name of a people is usually "the people". Diné is the "Navajo" word for "the people". The Spanish picked up the Puebloan term Navajo, as "Apache de Navajo", "Apache that farm the valley". So….a Pueblo and Spanish term. Maybe the Diné did come from there, idk, I wasn't alive then. I have no idea. Athabaskan does seem to line up with ancestry as far as DNA maps go. America seems to have been colonized in waves by a few different groups over time.
I do live in the former territory of Ojibwe/Anishinabe. Most of what people know is a little bit sketch. The wendigo lore is old time campfire stuff here in the Great Lakes region. I heard it first in pre-internet days. It's thought that Algonquin people came here at some point, they controlled this region, but sort of drifted back and the Ojibwe were remnants. Ojibwe supposedly is another tribe's word for Anishinabe that probably means red legs, having to do with knee high boots or leg coverings that were worn by them.
It's thought that Anishinabe/Algonquin were relatively recent to this area (Cuyahoga River) and they likely erased the previous culture rather thoroughly. In any event, its butt breaking cold in the winters here, and I could easily see how a bad winter could come along and starve people. It's easy to see why a Wendigo might need to be invented if it didn't exist, because there's nothing quite so insanity inducing as being cold AND hungry, and then alleviating that feeling by eating your cousin. I imagine Wendigo was very real to these people here then.
It's sad how many people purvey your channel.
Metis person here, so Anishinaabe adjacent.
Basically Algonquin people ARE Anishinaabe, and their language is considered a dialect of Ojibwe (albeit with significant differences). They call themselves Omàmiwinini or Ancinape interchangeably. Anthropologists refer to the people groups as a whole as Algonquian, which isn't really preferred by most of us because it lends to that confusion between Algonquin, a tribal grouping, and Anishinaabe, the cultural and language group. The Algonquin also differed somewhat from other Anishinaabe historically because they led a more sedentary, agrarian lifestyle. But, I grew up on Ojibwe territory and honestly I kind of get it? Southern Ontario and Quebec, Algonquin territory, has some of the most fertile farmland in the world, whereas you go further north into the Canadian shield and you're lucky to dig half a foot without hitting bedrock.
Anyways, hope that helps.
wendussy
Where can I find a non expired invite for the Discord?
I love how you are trying you best to learn the difference between Algonquin and Anishinaabe. It means a lot to me as an Anishinaabe member. Thank you for that.
But the difference between the two is pretty drastic. Algonquin is the language family that the Northern tribes speak. That cover the Ojibwe language (Ojibwemowin), the Cree language, the Blackfoot language, the Cheyenne language ect. Where and Anishinaabe is a word in the Ojibwemowin language that means an Ojibwe person. It it our word to describe us. Where other Algonquin languages will us a different word to describe themselves. Anishinaabe describes an Ojibwe person.