Popular culture frequently depicts the Wendigo as a demon/spirit with antlers occasionally portrayed as a human cursed or possessed as a result from cannibalism, it represents an evil embodiment of greed, gluttony and unchecked exploitation of natural resources, serving as a cautionary tale to avoid such behavior. Traditionally the Windego (minus the antlers/horns) was described as a very gaunt, near emaciated human/human form with insatiable hunger, in some stories it grows in proportion to what it consumes to many times the size of humans and thus is always ravenous. Other commin attributes are an overwhelming stench of death, an aura of chilling cold, an ice heart, and tattered or shredded lips/flesh
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