Case file · Folklore / legend
The Chenoo
The Chenoo of Wabanaki tradition is a cannibal giant with a heart of ice, sometimes a person transformed by evil, comparable to the Wendigo of peoples further west.
1884 CE · 44.96, -67.05 · status: legend
The account
Leland published Passamaquoddy and Mi'kmaq Chenoo stories in 1884, including one in which a Chenoo is cured by kindness and melts back into a human being. The map point marks Passamaquoddy country in general.