Kee-wakw
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According to the folklore
of the Abenaki tribe of the north-eastern United States
, a Kee-wakw was a giant
cannibal, half-animal
half-human
creature that inhabited the forests and woodlands of the area of present-day New England
during ancient times.
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
of the Abenaki tribe of the north-eastern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, a Kee-wakw was a giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
cannibal, half-animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...
half-human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
creature that inhabited the forests and woodlands of the area of present-day New England
New England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
during ancient times.