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In Navajo religious belief, a chindi (Navajo: chʼį́įdii) is the miasma left behind after a person dies, believed to leave the body with the deceased's last breath.It is everything that was negative about the person’s life; pain, fear, anger, disappointment, dissatisfaction, resentment, and rejection as the "residue that man has been unable to bring into universal harmony". [1]
Chindi - (Navajo) The dark side of the soul which has the ability to remain behind in the earth after death and become a sort of dark spirit. Drekavac (Croatia) Name used for several distinct undead monsters. Ghost – (Worldwide) Inipi- (California Native) shapeshifting ghosts; Jikininki; Kuchisake-onna; Lugat (Albanian) Poltergeist ...
Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Many English speakers understand the terms "myth" and "mythology" to mean fictitious or imaginary . However, according to many dictionary definitions, these terms can also mean a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a group of people , and this ...
Navajo: Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé: Creation deity, changing woman Bikʼeh Hózhǫ́: Personification of speech Haashchʼéé Oołtʼohí: Deity of the hunt Haashchʼééłtiʼí: The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east Hashchʼéoghan: The House-god, god of evening and the west Niltsi: Wind god Tó Neinilii 'Water sprinkler', rain god ...
Guarani mythology – an indigenous people of the Gran Chaco, especially in Paraguay and parts of the surrounding areas of Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia and Some regions in the southern part of South America. Inca mythology (Religion in the Inca Empire) – a South American empire based in the central Andes mountain range.
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Shadow people – dark, nonspecific apparitions in folklore, often taken to be neutral, or harbingers of events. Skin-walker – (Navajo) Type of witch with ability to disguise themselves as an animal or turn into one. Squawkowtemus – (Abenaki) Female spirit that resides in swamps. Its cries lure people close. If it touches them, they die.
In the course of the story, much of the Navajo origin myths and specific cultural practices (e.g., death hogans abandoned if the dead person lay there a while before being buried) are described, and often aspects are contrasted to what Leaphorn or Father Ingles understands of Zuni practices (e.g., the role of the kachinas (meaning kachina ...