Skinwalkers take the form of a coyote more than any other animal, and encountering a coyote at night is considered an omen of witchcraft — the trickster deity's shape has become inseparable from the most feared practitioners of Navajo sorcery.
Skinwalkers desecrate Yei masks and ceremonies, donning stolen or corrupted masks to channel the Holy People's power for malevolent ends — a transgression so profound it inverts the sacred healing purpose the Yei embody.
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