dog skin

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In this context, dog skin refers to a Navajo Wolf, a witch that dresses in the skin of a wolf. The Navajo Wolf can also read others' minds, control minds, bring forth disease, destroy homes, and even cause death.

Photo Credit

 
"Wolf skin, August 6, 2013" by Ian Stannard is licensed under CC BY-SA.

Published Works
The Blessing Way (1970)
Term Type
Cultural Reference
Manuscript Occurrences

 
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 23
A01 The Blessing Way (01-07) p. 111

References

 
Frisbie, Charlotte J.
     1987   Navajo Medicine Bundles or Jish: Acquisition, Transmission, and Disposition in the
         Past and Present. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

Kulckhohn, Clyde and Dorothea Leighton
     1946   The Navaho. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Shepardson, Mary and Blodwen Hammond
     1970   Navajo Mountain Community: Social Organization and Kinship Terminology.
         Berkeley: University of California Press.