These beings title a 1982 paper by Lou Marano that argues that anthropologists need to interpret stories about them in terms of group sociodynamics to avoid “emic-etic confusion.” An 1897 court case in which the defendant cited the existence of these beings to justify killing his foster father set the precedent that common law applies to Indigenous people regardless of their own traditions. The book Braiding Sweetgrass likens multinational corporations to these beings, which may be overcome by heroes like Nanabozho (10[1])using the symbolic power of abundance. These beings’ feet contain spots of blood and burn through the snow, though their hearts are made of ice. These beings never stop growing larger or more emaciated every time they feed on their prey. For 10 points, a fictitious “psychosis” unique to Algonquian cultures is named for what evil woodland spirits that practice cannibalism? ■END■