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  2. Skin-walker - Wikipedia

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    In Navajo culture, a skin-walker (Navajo: yee naaldlooshii) is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. The term is never used for healers. The yee naaldlooshii, translating to "by means of it, it goes on all fours," is one of several types of skin-walkers within Navajo beliefs.

  3. Iich'aa - Wikipedia

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    Iich'aa (Navajo: Iichʼąh, [1] pronounced “eech aaw”, no inflexion [2]) is a culture-bound syndrome found in the Navajo Native American culture. Symptoms include epileptic behaviour (nervousness, convulsions), loss of self-control, self-destructive behaviour and fits of violence and rage.

  4. Witchcraft in North America - Wikipedia

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    Witchcraft in the colonies was the alleged power one had to use supernatural abilities to influence people or events. [17] In these early times, witchcraft was used to explain events that otherwise could not be understood. [18] People were killed over these accusations when in reality they held no real merit at all.

  5. 'Witchcraft Traps' and 'Satanic' Rituals: Woman Allegedly ...

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    A Wisconsin woman arrested after allegedly starting a fire in her apartment earlier this month has provided an unconventional explanation for the blaze: "witchcraft."

  6. Talk:Skin-walker - Wikipedia

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    In Navajo culture, a skin-walker (Navajo: yee naaldlooshii) is a type of harmful shapeshifting demonic witch that has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal, Most commonly spotted in a wolflike human form, they exhibit superhuman strength and agility, deriving their shapeshifting ability from dawning the pelt of ...

  7. Haiti gang kills 110 people accused of witchcraft - AOL

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    At least 110 mostly elderly people have been brutally murdered by gang members in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a human rights group. The National Human Rights Defence Network ...

  8. Transgender man says he was caught up in a 'witch hunt ... - AOL

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    Images from LGBTQ Pride month 2017: Young was administered hormones in 2012 by a civilian doctor subsequent to undergoing a hysterectomy for "reasons other than gender transition," he told AOL News.

  9. Spirit photography - Wikipedia

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    As cameras became available to the general public, ghost photographs became common due to natural camera artifacts such as flash reflecting off dust particles, a camera strap or hair close to the lens, lens flare, pareidolia, or in modern times, deceptions using smart phone applications that add ghosts images to existing photographs.