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Ithaqua (also called the Wind-Walker or the Wendigo) is one of the Great Old Ones from the fiction of H.P. Lovecraft.
According the Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Ithaqua is reported from the Arctic to the Sub-Arctic, where Native Americans encountered him. He is known to stalk the wastes, tracking down hapless travelers and carrying them off. Such unfortunates are found weeks or months later, buried partway as if dropped from a height, frozen solid in positions of great agony, and missing random body parts.
Ithaqua has a minimal cult, though many fear him in the far north. The inhabitants of Siberia and Alaska may leave sacrifices to keep the Wendigo from haunting their camps, but organized worship seems to be rare.
(Information taken from the Chaosium Call of Cthulhu Role-Playing Game)
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