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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.
"Horned Monster" (sometimes the Delgeth) was a large creature that mauled people to death with its thick antlers. Nayenezgani could not approach it directly nor sneak up on it in the grassy field it lived in, so he crawled underneath a gopher tunnel and waited for the beast to come over top of him. Once it did, he stabbed at it from underneath. [5]
Consider Navajo Skinwalkers. What non-Navajos would consider evil beings who bring illness, poverty, hate and even death, Skinwalkers may be taboo, yet they are a part of everyday Navajo life ...
There are several varieties of those considered to be witches by the Navajo. The most common variety seen in horror fiction by non-Navajo people is the yee naaldlooshii (a type of 'ánti'įhnii), [15] known in English as the skin-walker. They are believed to take the forms of animals in order to travel in secret and do harm to the innocent. [15]
A spooky Navajo legend has TikTok shaking in its boots. In the Navajo tradition, a skinwalker or yee naaldlooshii is a mythological creature that is able to shape-shift into or possess an animal.
The fascinating Native American legend is now a hot topic on social media. The post Navajo ‘skinwalker’ legend gains massive popularity on TikTok appeared first on In The Know.
A Navajo man wearing a ceremonial mask and dress of Naayééʼ Neizghání, taken by Edward S. Curtis (c. 1904) [1] Naayééʼ Neizghání ( Navajo pronunciation: [nɑ̀ːjéːʔ nèɪ̀zɣɑ́nɪ́] ) is a mythical hero from Navajo mythology who, along with his brother Tóbájízhchíní , rid the world of the Naayééʼ . [ 2 ]
Skinwalkers is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman, one of his series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It features an all-Native cast, with Adam Beach and Wes Studi playing officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn . [ 1 ]