In
Miꞌkmaq folklore, a Jenu is a wild and
cannibalistic hairy giant.
Jenua are comparable to the
Wendigo of
Anishinaabe and
Cree
The Cree ( cr, néhinaw, script=Latn, , etc.; french: link=no, Cri) are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people. They live primarily in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada ...
mythology (and, to a lesser extent, Sasquatch).
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Mi'kmaq
First Nations culture
Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America
Mythological anthropophages
Native American giants
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