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⌈ Secret Post #5458 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, while a bunch of people I knew on the rez were fairly tickled by Alan Dean Foster's Cyber Way and generally regarded Tony Hillerman favorably, writing about Navajo culture and people as an outsider can be looked on dubiously, but especially writing about skin-walkers or something like Yébîchai would likely be condemned. But there do seem to be more Native writers out there and some of the older traditions and taboos are softening in the younger generations, so maybe you'll get your wish.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, I don't want anyone to break any taboos for my entertainment, but if Native writers choose to tackle these topics in fiction or non-fiction, I'd love to read more about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Taboos are made for breaking.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, there are some Navajo writers out there that have written about some mythology

Vee F. Browne writes children's literature - Monster Slayer: A Navajo Folktale, Monster Birds

Aaron Albert Carr wrote Eye Killers, which combines elements of European vampire legend with Monster Slayer of Native American Myth.

Irvin Morris wrote From the Glittering World: A Navajo Story, which combines Navajo creation narrative, history, fictionalized memoir, and Navajo stories.

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, nonny!

[(Anonymous)]

You're welcome!

[(Anonymous)]

Is writing about skin-walkers condemned because describing them gives them power/makes them more likely to exist or show up? Or like not naming school shooters or publishing their manifestos in case it inspires copycats? (If this is one of the taboo things it's cool if you don't answer.)

[(Anonymous)]

It is for the same reason Muslims don't like paintings of Mohammed.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT--huh, I always understood the Muslim ban on figural religious art as a veneration thing; that images of him were disrespectful because only Allah could make the form of living things, and doing otherwise risked idolatry.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, exactly. AYRT has it wrong, basically.

[(Anonymous)]

I admit that I'm not Native, but... I don't think this is a good analogy.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

This is coming from an Anglo (or bilagáana), who spent 11 years on the Navajo reservation growing up, so take that as you will. Some things are taboo because they are revered, and some are taboo because they are not right. Skin-walkers have some connection to spirituality, but it's... twisted. And yes, there is at least some wariness that speaking of them will summon them.