"I load my shotgun with shells full of corn pollen and obsidian shot, both sacred to the Diné. Ammo meant for taking out the yee naaldl shii and ch’ įdii and any of the other monsters that call Dinétah home." by https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse en-us 2020-08-24 19:35:13 UTC 2020-10-19 06:38:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Navajo: yee naaldlooshii meaning mkha4 https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839846529 This is a term for skin-walker in Navajo culture. In the Navajo language, yee naaldlooshi translates directly to ""by means of it, it goes on all fours". This witch is believed to have powers that disguise or possess themselves in the form of an animal.]]> 2020-10-19 05:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839846529 Skinwalker origins mkha4 https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839885862 For Navajo people, witchcraft is just a way of life and a part of their spirituality. Navajo culture believes witches exist through humans not supernatural beings. Their knowledge is passed down through generations and there are good witches and bad ones. The witch is called “yee naaldlooshii” is only one kind of several witches and is the most dangerous out of all of them.These witches come to be from starting off as respected healers or spiritual beings who have chosen to use their powers for dark and evil. ]]> 2020-10-19 05:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839885862 ch’į́įdii meaning mkha4 https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839908928 In Navajo culture the word ch’į́įdii translates in english to ghost or spirit In the Christian bible,  the direct translation of the word in Navajo refers to demonic spirits. Navajo people believe that ch’į́įdii exists the human body after death and takes everything bad that lingered from the person. They also believe that even saying the name of the deceased can send ch’į́įdii searching to infect living people with negative feelings ]]> 2020-10-19 05:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839908928 The legend of the Skinwalker... Why won't Native Americans mention it by its name? mkha4 https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839928191 Not only do the Navajo people have legends involving this witch, but the Pueblo people, Apache and Hopi do as well. Navajo people believe that yee naaldlooshi  were once medicine men who obtained the highest ranking of priesthood and then he used his power for evil. Legend also has it that these witches are almost impossible to kill unless with a bullet or a knife dipped in white ash.
Native Americans believe that speaking about the beings is extremely bad luck and doing so will possibly summon the appearance of these creatures.]]> 2020-10-19 06:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839928191 The Legend of Hawaiian Night Marchers mkha4 https://padlet.com/mkha4/j7gfncp7lsamu6tu/wish/839955658 Reading this passage in Trail of Lightening reminded me of how Hawaiians also have legends and myths about spirits similar to Native American people. Night marchers are ghosts or spirits of a band of people who move while beating their drums. Some people describe them as armed spirits that are on a route to or from battle and they are dressed in helmets and cloaks. Night marchers were believed to travel at night to protect people so sacred that no average human were to look at them and doing so meant death. 
Legend says that if you come in the path of the night marchers’ trail, you must strip naked, lie face down, and must not make eye contact with them. If you are a descendant of a night marcher your life will likely be spared.




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