![]() Such derogatory rumours often originated with No-Maj medicine men, who were sometimes faking magical powers themselves, and fearful of exposure. In fact, the majority of Animagi assumed animal forms to escape persecution or to hunt for the tribe. A legend grew up around the Native American Animagi, that they had sacrificed close family members to gain their powers of transformation. The legend of the Native American ‘skin walker’ - an evil witch or wizard that could transform into an animal at will - has its basis in fact. ![]() However, others were stigmatised for their beliefs, often on the basis that they were possessed by malevolent spirits. ![]() In the Native American community, some witches and wizards were accepted and even lauded within their tribes, gaining reputations for healing as medicine men, or outstanding hunters. They were already aware of the many similarities between their communities. The Native American magical community and those of Europe and Africa had known about each other long before the immigration of European No-Majs in the seventeenth century. ![]() " - The start of the European immigration to America " As No-Maj Europeans began to emigrate to the New World, more witches and wizards of European origin also came to settle in America. ![]()
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