teacup Wrote:
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> Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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>
> >
> > I think you have the wrong picture of the
> > skinwalkers. They are human, they think as
> humans
> > and act like humans when not in "animal"
> form. And
> > even in animal form, they still think, they
> do not
> > solely "go on instincts" since they are,
> after
> > all, still at half humans!
>
> Excuse me?????
>
> That is a mighty big set of assumptions on your
> part, Ritva. Either that or I would like to see
> some authoritative cites and quotes regarding
> this, starting with do Navajo skinwalkers even
> exist in the first place, human or not. (?)

Don't hold your breath on that one, Teacup!


> > The Navajo skinwalkers are outcasts.
>
> Yes, according to some. But in reality they might
> very well be elite and very much part of the
> *very* in crowd.

Yes, according to Kluckohn, the Navajo suspected of being witches are those who have the most money; wealth brings suspicion. Quite the contrary to what Stephanie has claimed that the wealthy are the "targets" of skinwalkers. The wealthy are the number one suspects...


> The medicine man. Don't you think he knows this?
> Why is it that everyone assumes he only has a
> right hand and not a left as well? How is it that
> when he thwarts the skinwalkers he is somehow able
> to protect himself against the supposed
> retaliation of the skinwalkers?
>
> Because he is good? Silly rabbit. The reason he
> is able to protect himself--if he does at all-- is
> because he is powerful, not because he is "good".
> If he is any kind of wise man--IMO-- he is both
> yin and yang.





> > It would be interesting to gather the info
> about
> > what kind of families are harassed. Are those
> the
> > families, where the old customs are
> resepected and
> > remembered over the average, or is it the
> other
> > way around? Or are these families in some
> kind of
> > connection with the skinwalkers having been
> > declared outcasts way back?
> > This said, as the skinwalkers are outcasts,
> they
> > have to make a living out of something.
>
> Yeah, they seem have a great infrastructure !!
> Brilliant communication and transportation, not to
> mention the bread and board in the caves. I wonder
> where they park the vans?

LOL! Well, it seems to work in Afganistan...