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Ithaqua, Vitra (Alu), the Wind Walker, the Wendigo, God of the Cold White Silence
In Kith mythology, the Wendigo is a malevolent god who brings hunger, madness, and death in icy storms. It is usually described as a decrepit Horned God with a heart of ice, but sometimes the creature is thought to be entirely made of ice. The Wendigo is also said to manifest as a whirlwind of angry air that bites and howls but remains formless.
The Wendigo is noted for its fearsome cruelty and diet of human flesh. Also, any human who partakes of human flesh (as a means of combating starvation) is believed to become such a creature himself. While filled with tremendous strength, he will forever be tortured by an unyielding hunger for more human flesh. This myth is used as a deterrent and cautionary tale among Northman Kithocs whose winters are long and bitter and whose hunting parties are often trapped in storms with no recourse but to consume members of their own party.
Some believe that the Wendigo is the Ulfhedinn wolf spirit that Kornun sometimes grants to especially heroic berserkers. The Drunes are one tribe of Kith who worship the Wendigo, and are known to ritualistically devour the hearts of foes slain in battle in efforts to invoke the Ulfhedinn.
The Alu know this god as Vitra, the personification of winter and freezing cold death.
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