eris404
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This is a fun little article in which the columnist rates the "scariness" of monsters from different folklore:
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/columns/?article=ninescarymonsters
My favorite from the article:
Chindis
According to Navajo beliefs, when people die, the evil in them lingers on. These spirits, known as chindis, account for the Navajos' particular dread of corpses. When someone dies among the Navajo, tradition calls for the house to be burned to the ground and the person's name never to be spoken again.
Here's the thing about chindis: If you do evil, a chindi can attach itself to you and no one can detach it except the person you have wronged. So yes, be afraid of chindis if you're evil--be very afraid. If you're good, relax.
Me, I'm not worried. Whistle whistle.
Scare-o-meter rating: 6
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/columns/?article=ninescarymonsters
My favorite from the article:
Chindis
According to Navajo beliefs, when people die, the evil in them lingers on. These spirits, known as chindis, account for the Navajos' particular dread of corpses. When someone dies among the Navajo, tradition calls for the house to be burned to the ground and the person's name never to be spoken again.
Here's the thing about chindis: If you do evil, a chindi can attach itself to you and no one can detach it except the person you have wronged. So yes, be afraid of chindis if you're evil--be very afraid. If you're good, relax.
Me, I'm not worried. Whistle whistle.
Scare-o-meter rating: 6
