windigo
/ˈwɪndɪgəʊ/(亦作wendigo)
noun
(pl.-os或-oes)
- (in the folklore of the northern Algonquian Indians) a cannibalistic giant; a person who has been transformed into a monster by the consumption of human flesh（北阿尔冈昆印第安人民间传说中的）食人巨人; 食人恶魔。
词源
from Ojibwa wintiko.