Suss-Na-Alk- Navajo CreatureCreature · Monster"Tracking Bear"
Description
A monstrous bear that hunted humans through the Glittering World with supernatural tracking. It followed trails days old, tracked through water and over rock. No one escaped its pursuit until Monster Slayer killed it with lightning arrows from the Sun.
Mythology & Lore
The Hunt
Suss-Na-Alk was born during the Separation of the Sexes, like the other Anaye. It looked like a bear, but ordinary bears avoid humans. Suss-Na-Alk hunted them. It could follow a trail days old, track through running water, sense where prey had gone after every normal sign had vanished. People could not travel safely. They could not hunt without becoming the hunted.
Monster Slayer
Monster Slayer came for the Tracking Bear as he came for the other Anaye, armed with lightning arrows from his father the Sun. What had been unstoppable for any ordinary human was not unstoppable for the child of the Sun. He killed Suss-Na-Alk, and the people could walk the land again without the certainty of being followed.
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