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Jonathan Swift: philosopher of practical cannibalism

The wendigo (also known as windigo, weendigo, windago, waindigo, windiga, witiko, wihtikow, and numerous other variants) is a demonic creature appearing in the legends of the native peoples of the North. The creature or spirit could either possess humans or be a monster that had physically transformed from a person. In some regions of Canada and Alaska it is particularly associated with eating of flesh. The Algonquian believed those who indulged in eating human flesh were at particular risk; the legend appears to have reinforced the practice of cannibalism as a taboo, and has now been extended to the caribou. There are fewer than 50 woodland caribou left in the lower 48, and the U.S. government is considering drastic measures to save them.

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