DARK AMBIENT MUSIC | Wendigo - Nature's Darkest Hunger

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Published 2024-01-26
The Wendigo is a mythical creature originating from Algonquian folklore, primarily in the northern forests of North America. It is depicted as a malevolent spirit or a monstrous creature with a skeletal frame and long, antler-like horns. The Wendigo is associated with insatiable hunger and cannibalistic tendencies, driven to feed on human flesh. It is often depicted as a gaunt figure with exaggerated limbs, possessed by an unending appetite that can never be satisfied.

This episode of Rest for the Wicked features dark ambient music and winter forest sounds.

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All Comments (21)
  • Thanks! I'm trapped in a prison, one step out and My enemies just want me dead or worse. This track is here for me because of you @ rest4thewicked
  • @Stardweller1
    Wendigos, werewolves, vampires, ghouls, jiangshi, zombies, skinwalkers... has anyone else noticed how many mythological monsters worldwide started out as humans?
  • @UchihaOokami2596
    I live in the middle of what was Algonquian lands (Michigan) and grew up with these myths and stories because the Native People are still here and they're memories and history deeply honored. Sure the dark and shadows can hide dangers but when it snows and the night is bright and the moon black, its so much more terrifying to hear the crunch of snow from a footstep not your own or a distorted howl in the distance. They come with snow and bitter cold that changed them, flitting across the land like wraiths ever-hungry. No defense other than to never go out at night and keep the fire warm and large. Its honestly why im happy its usually deer running across a field towards the road when driving at night in winter but i never look to hard unless its not. Never know whats just behind those trees or peaking behind a barn or trench along a long empty country road.
  • @kathryndueck
    This is masterfully done and incredibly haunting. It gives me strong "Pet Sematary" vibes, though the music suits a wide range of horror. It's definitely going on my playlist of background ambiance for prolonged writing sessions!
  • @yancharles8682
    I had terrify nightmares hearing this at sleep, so it have my totally approval.
  • @HaPPyyFaaCe
    Nobody: Me: Casually listening to this every night to fall asleep because it calms my nerves and brain 😅
  • So I live right next to a forest that I often go on hikes through during the day time and it is idyllic and inviting during the sunshine hours, filled with bird-song and the sounds of rustling undergrowth caused by wind or small critters but can be incredibly unnerving at night (obviously). Currently it is 1:30 in the morn and I had my headphones on and decided I wanted a cigarette so made my way outside. I made my way out into the middle of my yard away from the comfort of my living room lights and was just gazing into the tree line, imagining something unseen looking back and immersing myself in the atmosphere. I turned around briefly in the direction of my house then heard the sound of footsteps and an intensely low, menacing growl. I turned around suddenly half-expecting to see some deformed creature reaching out to steal me into the darkness, my heart almost literally in my throat. I felt very stupid as I was aware I had headphones on the entire time and knew it was coming, didn't help one damn bit! Suffice to say I finished the cigarette early, shuddered in existential dread then very quickly made my way inside and turned on every light...perfect soundtrack if it can elicit the feeling of dread. 10/10 but not doing that again!
  • @Cole_Anderson
    The "wendigo" you're thinking of, with the antlers, is actually a wechuge. A wendigo looks like a pale, thin human with sharp teeth, sometimes extremely tall.
  • @dizzod2112
    I am an author working on a book called "Betrayed", and your ambience is perfect for writing to! I love "Curse of the Shadowland", "Hall of the Dead King", and "Lillith - Ancient Demoness" as my top 3, but after listening to this, this is definitely making top of the list as well! In the book, there is a powerful and horrifying eldritch deity called the "Shadow Devil" who was partially based off a wendigo! Thank you for the incredible soundtracks and please don't ever stop making more!!! ❤
  • @VinnyUnion
    I love the Wendigo tale. Namely from the game "Until Dawn" speaking of which, that game also was in the snowy winter. If I remember correctly the Wendigo was created by a fatality in a specific mountain region and by cannibalizing.
  • @AlaricLovell
    3:18 love how he just walked near us saw that we were chilling and was like "ight bro I get it bye" 😂
  • @noahhecker6672
    Evil creeps beneath darkened eaves, you hear a voice alluring, a corpse hand gropes in the darkness, till you perish, choking on your screams, and the wendigo’s hunger is appeased
  • @evabaerli1546
    I bought a horror novel a few days ago... I guess I just found the perfect music. 😂🖤
  • @mesmeric490
    I'm actually writing a book at the moment and the Wendigo is part of the books history. This video popped up and I had to click it!
  • @PaulDMcK
    We took a misshapen skull and antlers from the riverbank, found at the end of a hard journey through a cold Summer in the wild North. Something had chewed through the back of the cranium, in or out was hard to tell, the stains from the mud suggested most beasts had let it be for some time. Later, far to the South, we cut off his antlers, and I kept what was left of his head until I was West of the mountains, where I sunk the remains in a burnt lake; they drew blood before departing: even without a jaw, the teeth were sharp enough to bite flesh. So I let a few more drops of red to the Fall river, like so many before in the Canadian Shield, red like the ancient figures painted on the stone cliffs my blood had burned before. Now I do not wonder: what is a wasicun when the fat is all gone? Lean, cold, and so very, very hungry.
  • Ello! ^^ im a Algonquian Native(Plains Cree) and im glad that our myths/legends are getting more attraction from a outside point of view, but People also have to remember that Wendigos are NOT something to mess with, No matter what non-believers/haters say... WE have these myths/legends for a reason and it would be nice that (sry about me saying this, as i know some do respect the spirit, this is for those who DONT) SOME people stop saying "theyer not real/its just made up" type of comments.. because Wendigos are VERY REAL and should be respected :/ (in our culture and im sure other Native Cultures will agree with me on this... But we are as Natives know that everything either it be a spirit/evil/good and nature itself MUST be RESPECTED.. otherwise bad things happen and we always end up on the blaming end .. Please people, respect Native cultures when we talk on stuff, because most if not all the time, its coming from a reliable source and the stories of myths/legends are more warnings to future generations... thats all i have to say and im sry about this being long, but it just peevs me sometimes that people dont listen to us when we try to only help. ^^' )
  • *Wisco to, 2005, my buddys daughter returns from the woods edge at a field line, where she stated she sighted a Deer with " sort- of evil looking fangs ", she was in mild disbelief of this as she and her family had never heard of any anomaly or such a thing, she was a young girl the n, ivr asked her about it again when our families get together, and she remains clear on her memory. As for me, i make my life in the wilds, plenty stories, only one neighbor gir 1ile around surrounded by millions of acres of treed National Forest, Grand Canyon outer lands...serious chit abound these lands, i have experienced. Love the channel.