Elbow witch

Elbow witches are old women with awls in their elbows in the Ojibwa and Cree story of Aayaase (also known as "Aayaash" or "Iyash"), "Filcher-of-Meat". Blinded by cooking smoke, the sisters killed each other in their attempts to kill him for their meal.

Cree Legend
In the Cree legend the Jealous Father, the witches appear as secondary antagonists.


 * “‘[Aayaase] started for his home once more. As he journeyed through the forest, he came upon a solitary wigam inhabited by two blind hags…Both of these old women had sharp bones like daggers protruding from the lower arm at the elbow. They were very savage and used to kill everybody they met."

In popular culture
Elbow Witch is Monster in My Pocket #63, one of only three monsters derived from Native American mythology, the others being Wendigo and (to an extent) Bigfoot. The character's awls look very much like tusks.