Skin Walkers

Published: June 3, 2019, 11:20 p.m.

b"

Skin walkers, ee naaldloosh, bear walkers, ishkitini. These are names given by Native American cultures to a type of harmful witch, who has the ability to turn into \\u2013 or disguise \\xa0themselves as an animal. Most often in the form or shape of coyotes, \\xa0wolves, foxes, cougars, dogs, bears, and sometimes even ravens or owls. In the Navajo cultures they are the skin walkers or ee naaldloosh.\\xa0

\\n

Very real, very malevolent beings with the ability to harm and bring misfortune to their victims. In these next two episodes we will be hearing people\\\\'s experiences with these beings. Along with an interview of a native Navajo person, whose voice and identity has been hidden as it is forbidden to talk about these beings for fear of attracting them to you. My guest tells of their experiences growing up on the reservation at the foot of a grandmother who was a medicine woman and experiencing these beings in their life.\\xa0

\\n


\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/walking-the-shadowlands/message"