It is also believed that a chindi can be used to cause harm upon someone else. Navajo witches, followers of the Corpse-poison Way—’áńt’įįzhį, are believed to infect others with chindi sickness by planting a piece of a corpse, such as a bead or powder made from a corpse bone, in a person`s body. Dust devils are referred to as chiindii a....
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In Navajo Indian mythology, a chindi is the ghost left behind when a person dies. The chindi is all that was bad of the person, and is something to be dreaded for fear of it attacking the living and making them sick. The Navajo believe that after a person dies their name should never be spoken, in case the chindi hears you calling and comes and mak...
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