Hatałii use their ceremonial knowledge to counter ʼÁntiʼihnii, reversing the effects of witchcraft and restoring victims to health and harmony.
ʼÁntiʼihnii practitioners transgress the most fundamental Navajo taboos by deliberately handling corpses, robbing graves, and working with chindi energy to curse and sicken their victims.
Corpse Powder is the primary instrument of ʼÁntiʼihnii, embodying the deliberate weaponization of death-contamination central to Navajo witchcraft practice.
First Man carried witchcraft knowledge in his medicine bundle alongside sacred ceremonies, making ʼÁntiʼihnii the shadow twin of holy power — the dark arts born in the same breath as the prayers that would heal.
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