Wendigo | Victoria Olt

2020

Handmade watercolor on paper.

12 x 16 in
31 x 41 cm + frame included for free in shipments within Estonia

} Wendigo {

A mythical creature of the first tribes in North-America. Wendigos start out as human, but transform into a wendigo due to harsh conditions: cold, hunger or because of their greed and wickedness. Once they are possessed by the spirit of wendigo, they get the urge to kill and eat other humans. In their appearance they are extremely thin, with mummy-like skin and can become larger, even giant, the more they consume. The only way to destroy a wendigo is to cut out its icy heart and melt it over a roaring fire. Because anyone can turn into a wendigo in difficult conditions, the wendigo has been used as a cautionary tale against isolation and selfishness.