5/7/2023 0 Comments Navajo skinwalkers book![]() We have always populated the night with beings that blur the line between human and beast, the sacred and the profane, order and chaos. The world beyond humanity's campfire has always seethed with danger. Yet the skinwalker's true nature belongs to the night. ![]() Often reduced to a mere werewolf trope, this shadowy being frequently emerges in film, TV and even conspiracy theories. The Navajo skinwalker is believed to wander far across the American cultural landscape. ![]() The Navajo, or Diné, people of North America have a long-standing belief in magic and shapeshifting – and the skinwalker, or yee naaldlooshii, continues to stand as one of the more widely known examples of both. ![]() Anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn described skinwalkers as secret witches (mostly male, some female) who creep out in the night to take the form of swift-moving animals like the wolf and coyote. ![]()
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