Friday, December 26, 2008

"Legends of The Great Ojibway" (Part IV)

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- 1970's PERIOD
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"Skinwalker", © 1970s Norval Morrisseau
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A skinwalker is a person with the supernatural ability to turn into any animal he or she desires. These individuals would change themselves into various animals using the hide from the animal they chose, and they would use certain animal attributes like sight, strength, etc.
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* The painting in this posting: "Skinwalker", © c. 1970s Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/

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