StonedPony
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I grew up around the Kiowas in Oklahoma and I loved going sitting with the elders and listen to the old stories as they passed em down.......some great stories and they are passed down gen to gen.....It's navajo for skinwalker. Not the Hollywood version but the one in Navajo legend. It's a dark filthy creature. The Navajo call their spirituality The Blessing Way. The actual word is Hozhó - the closest match in english would be a combination of Beauty/Harmony/Balance. It's a path of harmony and balance with the universe. The Yeeda nagloshii are the antithesis of everything sacred to the Navajo people. Navajo Holy Men use healing methods such as sand paintings and sacred objects to heal and bring harmony. the Nagloshii do just the opposite. They instill great fear. They can run very fast. Can change into any night creature as long as they have some part of the animal to transform into. It is said they have the ability of the animal they become but keep their human intelligence.
They have a powder they used that translates to corpse powder. it is blown into a victims face and that person will swell up and choke to death. The Navajo have an antidote called Atł'izh that you place under the victim's tongue. They can leap huge distances and are able to jam guns and stall vehicles. They have even been seen in the form of a half man/half goat looking creature. When they approach you at night you hear the sound of galloping hooves. To see one face to face will cause your death. There are many more things I can tell you about it but I'm sure you'd be bored by then *LOL*