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If a Coyote Crosses Your Path
Phred Firecloud Started conversation Apr 28, 2008
Antelope Canyon, Navajo Tribal Land, Arizona
I'm a little nervous about offending anyone on the Navajo tribal lands, so I brush up on do's and don't. The problem is that there are hundreds so I memorize a few of the most relevant. Most of them seem sensible or whimsical. I wonder how many are from the coyote trickster.
The Navajo guide leads us into the otherworldly slot canyon.
If a Coyote crosses your path, turn back and do not continue. If you keep traveling, something terrible will happen to you. You will be in an accident, hurt, or killed.
Don't point at a rainbow with your finger. The rainbow will cut it off or break it.
Don't throw rocks at a whirlwind. It will throw them back and chase you
Don't call whirlwinds a name. Evil Spirits will get you.
Do not roll a rock from a mountain. The holy people put them there and it will be bad luck.
Do not watch a river flowing swiftly, or you will get dizzy and fall in.
Do not run over s snake in your car or you will have a bad life.
Do not talk to dogs or other animals because they might talk back and you will die.
Do not say, "I wish I had some meat" when you have the hiccups or your livestock won't grow.
Do not eat frogs because you will have bad luck or bad breath.
Do not eat the heel of a loaf of bread or you will have lots of children.
Do not bite on roasting corn and then put it back or it will get cold and ruin the rest of your crop. Also, your teeth will fall out.
Do not burn blood from a nosebleed because you will get headaches and your head will split.
Do not have three people comb each other's hair at the same time or they will get stuck.
Do not turn pages backwards or you will go blind.
Do not peel potatoes or apples when you are pregnant or the baby will have a flat face.
Here are a few pictures of this slot canyon.
http://thefirecloudreport.blogspot.com/2008/04/if-coyote-crosses-your-path.html
If a Coyote Crosses Your Path
tartaronne Posted Apr 28, 2008
Amazing views - like being inside a semi gemstone.
*Makes notes of the don'ts*
Not that I'm superstitious or anything 
- and here we 've only got coyotes and snakes in the zoo.
If a Coyote Crosses Your Path
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Apr 28, 2008
I find it perfectly plausible that eating frogs will give you bad breath.
If a Coyote Crosses Your Path
Phred Firecloud Posted Apr 28, 2008
We used to have one of those 5-pound poison African frogs in our backyard. I think it was called an Africanus Buffalosis or something like that. He'd hop up at night and eat all the dogfood on the back porch. My son and I caught him and stuffed it into a glass cookie jar, into which he barely fit. Mrs. Phred threw the jar away later. Something about having a bad life or bad breath if you eat cookies out of a jar used to house a giant poison frog, I guess...
If a Coyote Crosses Your Path
weirdo07 Posted Apr 29, 2008
This is a great place! Thank you, dear guide 
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