Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150311232923/@comment-24891101-20150320000043

Eh. They're similar in some regards, certainly, but can be distinguished as to purpose. The Yeti is a straightforward manifestation of the universal wild man folkloric archetype, present in every culture on the planet. The Wendigo, on the other hand, while it has aspects of the wild man, exists primarily to enforce a cannibalism taboo. It's also fairly parallel to lycanthropy, vampirism, and similar cultural concepts.