You bring up an important point, Katherine. How do they reproduce? There are several pretty vile things that they are claimed to do and one of these things is incest. Now, one must remember that the definition of incest is really quite broad for the navajo. Incest would be marrying another from the same primary clan--not necessarily, one's sibling, aunt or uncle or even a first cousin. A person could be a third or fourth cousin but if they have the same primary clan as their spouse, it is declared incest. I think the accusation of incest and skinwalkers is an important one because it could indicate that it is a fairly closed line. They may not be courting people outside of the existing lines. Just imagine if the would be spouse were to not take the skinwalker's family too well...lol. Skinwalkers are very protective of their identity. To be identified would equal death and marrying outside of this sub-tribe could very well be too risky...hence the incest accusations.

Stephanie

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