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5 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The Wendigo is a mythical creature from the folklore of numerous Native American tribes. None of them describe it as having antlers or being deer-like. That was an invention of the 2001 film Wendigo, and that design was copied by Dungeons and Dragons which popularized it.
It's kind of like how goblins, fairies, and gnomes were all just umbrella terms for any sort of small, humanoid creature from European folklore, and the idea that they're distinct beings with their own traits is largely influenced by the writings of Tolkien and George MacDonald.
I have a whole other thread about gnomes.
I also have a thread about orcs.

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"Orcs were based on black people."

That's an internet myth.

The word "orc" was used by Tolkien as a synonym for "goblin". His portrayal of goblins was directly lifted from the 1872 novel The Princess and the Goblin which depicted them as ugly gnomes who lived underground.
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