Hatałii diagnose and counter Corpse Powder attacks through ceremonial means, using sacred knowledge to reverse the death-contamination inflicted by witches.
Corpse powder is ground from the flesh of the dead, concentrating the same death-contamination that produces chindi — ʼÁntiʼihnii witches blow it onto victims to inflict ghost sickness deliberately.
Skin-walkers drop Corpse Powder through the Hogan's smoke hole at night, violating the sacred dwelling's sanctity to poison sleeping victims.
Corpse Powder is the primary instrument of ʼÁntiʼihnii, embodying the deliberate weaponization of death-contamination central to Navajo witchcraft practice.
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