What is it
you think you need
— A portrayal of Echo Ahn .
WÉTIKO
for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
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NAME echo ahnAGE 33DATE OF BIRTH november 11th, 1991GENDER & PRONOUNS woman, she/herORIENTATION bisexual
HEIGHT 5’10”FACE CLAIM fromis_9 jiwonASTROLOGY scorpioMTBI istpENNEAGRAM Type 2
SIGNIFICANT OTHER
- moonPETS black cat named AgnesOCCUPATION singer at a paranormal barLANGUAGES englishABILITIES - shape-shifting — as a wendigo, echo is able to shape-shift into her true form at will.
- strength — superhuman strength in human and wendigo form, though stronger in wendigo form.
- speed — superhuman speed in human and wendigo form, though faster in wendigo form.
I have no interest in the surface
If you let me close, I will devour
I want to touch your darkest shadows
I want to breathe in your ethereal hope
I want to bleed your lonely pain
I want to taste your desperate needs
I do not know any other way to beBorn in the mountainous woods within her isolated cult, Echo was raised among her fellow wendigos. Murky childhood memories of towering shadows, skin gray as ash and eyes hollow black, throughout her life she witnessed her fingers grow long as branches, her skin stretch skeletally over bone and sinew as her legs lengthened. Finally she stood at 13 feet tall, teeth sharp as razors, pointed and jagged edges, black eyes that could see as easily in the pitch of night as during the day, pointed ears that could hear for miles. Nails like claws, she moved through the forest with her silent cult, her family, her pack, where they watched and waited.The greed of the town below was tempered after so many hundreds of years with her family protecting the forest, preserving and preventing intruders, those who would use their home for their own personal gain. Every human knew that those who entered, did not come back. The wendigos would lurk, blood on their teeth, bellies sated by flesh, sinking back into the shadows once the threat had passed. Occasionally, the wendigos would leave their forest, disguised in the flesh of a human, their legs fumbling awkwardly from the unfamiliar weakened form, listening for news, wary of change.On one such a journey, Echo ventured forth into the town to encounter a new scent she'd never encountered before. Sharper and sweeter, she followed the scent until the following sight fell before her: a man, hair dark and wavy, skin pale as stone, his mouth at a woman's neck, teeth sharp and sunk into her flesh, the pulse of his neck as his throat worked to swallow each pull of her blood. Echo was transfixed, fascinated, her eyes flicking to a droplet of blood cascading down the woman's neck. She listened, enraptured, as the woman's pulse slowed, a small gasp as she heard her heart flicker and stutter.The creature dropped the woman and spun to Echo, standing inches from her face in less time than it took to inhale. Unflinching, Echo’s fascination continued. She touched the blood smeared on his lips, staining her finger. Comprehension dawned on the man's face and suddenly it was alight with amusement. “Well I'll be damned. And here I thought your kind did nothing but cannibalize every creature in their path. Looks as if we've both been in the dark.”
This is a creative fictional interpretation of traditional wendigo mythology. This portrayal of wendigos is based on traditional Algonquin folklore, but will not be 100% accurate to traditional stories. For more information on traditional wendigo folklore, please visit the History tab.
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”The wendigo stories of Algonquian peoples offer a window into the endurance of cultural resources used to transmit significant moral values, and underscore the power of Native people using these stories to engage in social critique. One does not need to delve very deeply into the annals of American film, television, and literature to find an array of caricatured depictions of Native American peoples and a distortion of their knowledge. One recurring theme across these storytelling mediums is the use of the “wendigo”—also spelled “wétiko”—a monstrous figure from Algonquian mythology who exhibits an insatiable greed along with a desire for human flesh. From Stephen King’s Pet Sematary to the television series Hanibal, the flesh-eating image of the wendigo is often presented apart from its original cultural contexts where it carries deep moral significance. The latest addition to this lineup of wendigo tales is Scott Cooper and Guillermo del Toro’s horror film Antlers (2021) in which a Native American character provides some brief exposition before the story centered around a white community contending with the monster begins in earnest. Though these misrepresentations of the wendigo beg for critical interrogation, the wendigo stories of Algonquian peoples offer a window into the endurance of cultural resources used to transmit significant moral values, and underscore the power of Native people using these stories to engage in social critique."
- Facing History" The wendigo, rooted in Native North American folklore, is a creature associated with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Primarily found in the legends of the Algonquin and other indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region, the wendigo is often depicted as a gaunt giant, wandering the remote woods in search of prey. Cultural interpretations vary, with some viewing it as an evil spirit capable of possession, while others suggest that a human becomes a wendigo through greed or cannibalism. Characteristically described as emaciated, with glowing eyes and sharp claws, tales often portray the wendigo as a relentless hunter that grows ever more famished as it consumes flesh. [...] A variation of the legend holds that a wendigo would possess or punish a human who displayed extreme greed and reward those who practiced moderation."
- EBSCO" The wendigo legend exists in the oral history of North American tribes predating Europeans’ arrival in North America. Some anthropologists believe the legend developed as a cautionary tale about the importance of community to guard against individual greed, selfishness, and isolation. The wendigo was a personification of cold and hunger in a time when human survival relied on banding together and sharing resources, particularly during the long, harsh winters of the northern wilderness. The legend may also have served as a warning to children not to wander too far into the woods. [...] For centuries Indigenous artists and activists have drawn on the wendigo legend both literally and metaphorically to address such issues as colonialism, violence, and environmental destruction."
- Britannica