The Horned Toad: a Symbol of Protection From Evil - Navajo Teachings

[@asupremechieften]

I take these teachings very seriously because I realize the importance of my life when I think of who I am within my family and to my family this helps me to remember that I have so much to accomplish in my life that I only wish my kids can learn from the ancestors like I have in this life I was gifted :)

[@cheri238]

Wisdom for all who listen, thank you, grandfather.❤️

[@davidnorwood5685]

I am a Bible believing Christian and hear God’s truth and wisdom in your words. We are all God’s children. Blessings to you and yours.

[@rosepetals8181]

And I hope you realize how important the Mother Earth is

[@danielfatone3994]

@Rose yes and the rose symbolism as well

[@davidnorwood5685]

@@rosepetals8181 I hope you realize how important parents are.

[@michellebrock9936]

I recall as kids we would pick up the horned toad and put him on our heart. A'hee'hee Wally & Shane for this video.

[@jimsomers7182]

I've always been fond of Horned Toads. I discovered them as a child by way of my aunt, who was 1/4th Cherokee, and very spiritual and mystic. She had them as pets.

[@naveenayazzie3735]

White people always claim Cherokee? Soon as somebody asks me what I am mixed with and I tell them I'm Navajo and black somebody like you comes out and says, oh my great great grandmother was a Cherokee princess. When there was never such a thing as royalty among the Cherokee people. You better make sure that your aunt wasn't a $5 Indian. Do your research.

[@Liz-cmc313]

I was thinking I haven't seen this beautiful Soul in a while, and here you are. ❤️

[@bethmoore7722]

Thank you for your wisdom, and for speaking of one of my favorite little beasts. I grew up in the TX Panhandle, and we caught and released them every summer, from the time the first little pink baby horned toads showed up. We turned them in their backs, and patted them. When they flattened out, or puffed up, we thought it was because they liked it. They may have given us some protection in our perilous lives. They were certainly patient with us. The spiral you some of reminded me of the Zapatistas, in Chiapas, Mexico. They call their government circles “caracoles”, meaning snail, and in a spiral configuration, to symbolize community and autonomy. Wherever and whoever we are, we see and create symbols that are often universal, speaking to our deepest natures and aspirations. Thank you for once again bringing peace to my day.

[@LucieSalat]

So interesting to read your comment Beth, thank you for sharing :) I've not heard of caracoles, they sound great!

[@Motlatsi]

What you are learning is not so much wisdom but rather eternal doctrines (as far as they could preserve them) their forefathers brought when they left Jerusalem 600bc. You'd be stunned at how that a certain oft derided Church in America contains these teachings in it's Temples & little book they're trying to teach the world about it's coming forth & purpose. But alas, America is not listening nor interested.

[@bethmoore7722]

@@Motlatsi I have that book. I have the sacred writings of other faiths, too. The core of each is much the same. Love your creator, and love and care for your neighbor as yourself. Walk in grace, mercy, & humility. From our ocean’s deepest abyss, to the starlight from the deepest of time, all is sacred, & transcends the thoughts and words and books of humans. Wisdom is knowing what we can and can’t know.

[@Ms.synthwave-runner]

Thank you for keeping the tradition alive and thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. We are grateful. 🕯️

[@LucieSalat]

Wow your horned toad looks similar to the Australian thorny devil (lizard)! They are also super cute. I enjoyed the story of protection about grandfather horned toad, thank you. As a child, I was very drawn to your culture and turquoise especially. So many beautiful teachings! The good teachings are so plentiful. Your history is the true story, your true story, the one of the white man is a lie and the truth is hidden from him.

[@Huwoman]

This video is powerfully informative and very well done. Thank You!

[@YesTHATKimberly]

Thank you for this! I see a medicine man for healing/ spiritual work. He told me once, that I need to go east. Now I understand why.

[@ljsteffler5099]

Thank you so much. I needed to see this today. Really appreciate your time and care in sharing with us. Means a lot 🤍✨

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

I include the symbols that I know in my pottery, something that makes the water or food to have good memories and intentions. I use numbers in my symbols as well... repetitive order makes order a habit.... having no order makes "no order" the habit... It's not up to anyone else to decide if the symbols mean anything or not... The creator gave us the choice,... Good video, Sir!

[@tbarkley9996]

I'm glad you said that. All over the internet, I see the swirl sign as a sign of pedophilia and here it's said to be a symbol of life. So much gets twisted from its original meaning.

[@liarliar7491]

So do the Indian people from India! Interesting sadguru speaks about this very topic on how to treat water b4 consumption etc. Also Praveen has a YT channel that deep dives ancient indian history and its mind blowing

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

@@liarliar7491 Shiva is depicted on mesoamerican temples in south america,.. 6 arms and every tool... so the languages changed over time and some started dieting other deities, within india and south america both,.. they all came from the egypthian and minoan civilizations, which both came from atlantis... thats the story I know...

[@liarliar7491]

@@markgibsons_SWpottery Thanks for that. I just watched a Netflix indian movie with subtitles about Shiva being the bad guy. Yet there are gurus that say otherwise. Ive Seen him depicted with a trident and am suprised that the devil is depicted with it too. So much knowledge is twisted. It's hard to comprehend sometimes. Depends weather you come from east or the west what we are taught. Ancient people from native America seen reptiles as a good thing, India sees reptiles as a good thing, australian aboriginals say serpents created some landscapes, Egyptians had snake symbolism. Chinese people -the dragon. Even Jesus has been described in many ways like a dragon, ecen Vatican building looks like a snake yet western people nowadays are taught the serpent is a deceiver, and evil ... [ two faced lying snake in the grass, ] hmm reminds me of the two faced snakes used as a medical symbol.. also the symbol of pirates mer chants and thieves. I personally think the snake used to represent sound waves, the light waves, a whole civilization of knowledge has been muddied. It's so hard to find truth. I prefer east teachings to west. I prefer ancient stories to the crap we are fed one day and something different the next. Corporation has taken control of everything and it is disgusting. The world used to be completely unified in the past. Your right the evidence of it is everywhere ❣

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

@@liarliar7491 Shiva is the highest consciousness of man kind... not the creator... So Shiva is the creator and the destroyer... like burning a place in the jungle to grow new fruit... If we produce the wrong fruit it is shivas job to weed us out or destroy us, and to rebuild us to produce viable fruit.

[@vtpoet5300]

Hello, Grandfather- I hope you are well. In the European tradition, concentric circles represent the World Tree. On the rock at the beginning of this video there is a concentric circle. What do concentric circles mean in the traditions of your people? The World Tree is a subject that means much to me. I am particularly interested in the ‘bird’ that lives at the top of the ‘tree’. There is evidence of Neanderthal World Tree worship in Western Europe over 176,000 years ago. It is very ancient and based in paranormal reality. The truth and beauty of your teachings has touched me deeply. Thank you. Much respect. Luke

[@danielfatone3994]

The channel or the Mother

[@SOFTBALL1984]

Great video Mr. Brown and Shane, I'm grateful for your teachings. 🧡

[@joyfuljennifer4125]

Thank you from my heart 🌬💕🫂for your sacred teachings. I respect and value the wisdom that you pass on to us🙏🏻 Blessings to you always

[@aquasapien9275]

Love and deep respect . Thank you for sharing the wisdom of your great people.

[@mythosandlogos]

This is beautiful. We are surrounded by symbols all around in life. I believe that many peoples had this symbolic understanding of the world in ancient times; I am grateful for the work that you do in sharing the symbolic worldview of the Diné. I hope that it can help many people recognize the symbols of life all around us.

[@Ленад-е1ш]

Like me, l Love people with, a beautiful soul... How l miss the Real Beautiful Souls🥰🙏🌏there are so few of them on earth🙏🥰Thank you my sun 🌞 God Bless my dears ♥️♥️♥️🌈☀️🌏🙏💞

[@karlakirkpatrick6687]

He was so a good person to correct us especially me if I did wrong with a whipping as a last resort.

[@yardleybottles6025]

I have been fortunate enough to see and hold a horned toad. Thank you for your teaching, Sir.

[@normanschmidt8389]

Thank you always. My gratitude grows with each lesson that you share with us. My prayers include supplications for your continued presence in our lives for many more Winters to come. May abundance and joy be yours in good measure.

[@trudymccann3671]

Thank you, good information. I am a small part Cherokee, according to my Father. I treasure all that you share. I was raised on a Ranch in Colorado. I found Arrowheads, Jasper, thumb scrapers, etc. in the Meadow. I feel blessed to have been raised on this Sacred Ground.

[@dragonclaws9367]

Dear Uncle, I am not Dineh and have a mosi. I wonder if you have bird singing in your tribe . We love your wisdom and have no sickness. We appreciate your lessons .

[@cindyrissal3628]

I so treasure your teachings. Thank you so much!

[@rosemma34]

3:46 drumming 12 beats as Wally taps on his heart to make a point...that is so awesome 🌞🧡❤

[@migdaliarosado4137]

I look forward to seeing/ listing to your videos.. I have a Indian spiritual couple and I pray to them . And after you spoke about the turquoise earrings I wore mine today 🙏

[@marktimmer2212]

I feel my bio-metrics shifting when i hear the Chief

[@ladyofthecreek279]

We call them horny toads in Oklahoma. They bring back so many wonderful memories of childhood.

[@ŁeChíí-Diné]

Best way to learn a lot in life is to watch and understand. Put it in your mind: language,customs, ceremonies,clans, taboos all intertwine. The way to beauty.🙏

[@lordvader1879]

Enjoy all yours vids.Keep em' comin👍✨

[@rosepetals8181]

Spread his videos

[@friendoengus]

wow, wally! you are one snazzy dresser, for sure a good example for all of us we can look good, 'cause other folks enjoy that many thanks

[@ronaldchapman6107]

Thank You! I learn Many helpful things. One symbol i see you wear also, Semper Fi brother!

[@BMXyamabushi]

My back alley in a semi urbanized area of NW Tucson still has a small population of horned lizards. I try to help them by giving all the nearby black ant hills some extra food, since that is their primary food source.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Wado! N many thanks for your efforts and sharing!!! Blessings !! 👍🧙‍♂️!!

[@bluefish4999]

I see the spiral show up in so many ancient cultures around the world, truly a universal symbol that transcends time.

[@awolpeace1781]

"Don't listen to ugly" is best advice you can get when walking the path of beauty

[@sabineschoenig1977]

It's a wonderful animal, like a little dragon ❤ And these dark and deep eyes touch me

[@roberttony001]

Often three lessons with symbolism. The one on the surface, the one just below and the deeper one where greater understanding lies. You have to listen very carefully and put great thought into it to learn all three. The Dineh have profound spoken history.

[@riverrun1616]

Thank you, Grandfather, for teaching us💜🙏

[@rosasp.2936]

Thank you Grandfather for all your wonderful teachings! God Bless. Much love from Texas. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lesisbest11]

I so LOVE the wisdom of your people which furthers to a Love for your people!

[@LadyYoop]

Thank you so much....just hearing your voice, soothes my soul!

[@307cavalier5]

Yes.!!! Growing up my brother and I would find these little guys, my grandpa (New Mexican Spanish) mentioned one time that they were protection against evil, and showed us how to make a little terrarium for them.

[@krisg3984]

Thank you for sharing these symbols , prayers and meanings

[@oronayolie1]

I remember this about the toad my companion, blessed himself, with it, called it grandfather I take this to my heart

[@guerabella]

This is beautiful. I would be interested to hear your thoughts on spirit animals or power animals.

[@Aaaaaaaaairdavis]

Your making me cry 🙏🏽❤️

[@nabajojak8734]

I am 60 now when I encounter grandfather i greet him "my Grandfather pick him up give him water put on my Heart give me strength and protection from the negative..

[@MEAT_CANNON]

I found horned toads all the time along the railroad tracks as a kid in Fall River, Kansas. I caught them and handled them all the time. Wow. Sadly their population has seemed to decline in the area since they removed the railroad.

[@polsyg6581]

maybe theyre just harder to find away from the rails or were sunning themselves in the open space

[@skyblue-lb9kr]

So Beautiful, thank you, Grandfather Wally...........

[@logoseven3365]

Thanks

[@christheother9088]

"Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I've finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road" - Bernie T

[@livefromplanetearth]

positive vibe 🙏🏾

[@brianvandenbossche8282]

Excellent teaching. Thank you

[@theremnant2967]

Uwoduhi Advanvto We all dance to show the joy we have inside to share with others, the love of our Creator comes in many colors, its not about flesh, or bone, or skin tone , its not even about culture or your ancestors primal home taken over by vultures. Its about the light inside you that never dies, never goes out, that when aligned with the spirit of the Creator will shine like a diamond and will be spiritually fed, living water will spring from your soul removing the shackles and chains from a world of pain that had once reigned on a dark Terrain now removed by taking that humble step forward away from that dark plain, full of woe and pain, now upward higher vibration Where Eagles Fly and the elders pray. Our time here on Earth is but a vapor a drop in a bucket a blink in time, compared to the time of Eternity so make it a good one. Time is not linear it is in a sacred circle, everything and everyone is connected as is time. The most important gift you can give those you love is the time you spend with them once the moment is gone that moment can never be returned. Each moment you have enjoy it with the ones you love share it with those you love and each encounter be kind to those around you and forgive those you love and those you hate and watch the Creator change the path and Destiny of both with a clean slate. This is for all my brothers and sisters to continue dancing with a pure and True Heart and continue to do it but the greatest joy if possible so all can see and feel the joy that the Creator brings, as your children laugh, and all the tribes of the earth together in one Accord one resonance to the Creator pray, dance, and sing. This is for all our relations from the beginning of time this should always be on your mind no one will be left behind. This is the word of the Remnant for the Remnant these are for the last days in this cycle of the wheel. Listen closely your heart hear how it feels. Dont let those who follow the dark path steal your joy and your zeal. Lay your prayers before the Creator of all life, and receive the answers given in an ocean of the tide of appeal. The Remnant November 13th 2021

[@Marise2010]

Simbolicamente nós estamos vivendo e caminhando em direção ao objetivo que decidimos colocar como alvo. Gratidão pela partilha amorosa de sempre!!! A'ho!!!

[@420luvsounds]

Thank You Grandfather🙏

[@SacredMatrix888]

Sacred Thank You for this precious wisdom 🙏Medicine of protection is really needed in these times.

[@carolynpurser7469]

I've always liked turquoise. Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Thank you for these teachings, Grandfather. I'm catching up on them as I can.

[@TheVicariousone1]

This channel is very important. Keep making great work!

[@allensparks4734]

Thank you for sharing. 🙏 🤲

[@Anzar2011]

I'm delighted to learn about Navajo culture.

[@maxpower78-15]

This one appeals to me very much

[@keefer88]

I greatly appreciate all of the knowledge being shared on here for everyone. Doing this is a great service to preserving the history of your people.

[@ruthnolan13]

Thank you so much. I live in the Mojave Desert, and we used to see horned toads all the time when I was a kid....always a delight to see them. I'm in awe to learn of this wonderful animal's importance symbolism. Fewer of them now in the desert due to urbanization & tourism.

[@morriganwitch]

Thank you so much xxx

[@amyvickers4415]

Thank you Wally. Your help in understanding is GREATLY APPRECIATED.

[@almirria6753]

From watching your vids sir, I have noticed a medallion hanging around your neck. I enlarged that image & noticed that you are a Brother of mine. We are brothers of the EGA. So Semper Fi my brother.

[@yas-bkrt]

Thank you wise elder for another great lesson.

[@johnmuench6459]

Thank You Wally!!! ❤️🔥🦉 👍👍🙏✨✨✨

[@anitajohnson6894]

Thank you for every wonderful and intelligent lesson

[@laurenalacroix5114]

blessings & learning from u... in Michigan

[@theophrastusbombastus1359]

The more i hear of different teachings and mysteries from around the world, from cultures and religions that could *never* have encountered each other (as modern archaeology tells us, if you can believe it) the more i am convinced it all comes from the same Source. The one true religion.

[@staciwashington3212]

Holy people help me to remain chaste. Thank you for the teaching.

[@stevencapps-bs7us]

If there is a way to contact the Choctaw nation please share your channel so they may follow your path. Your teaching and those of the Lakota Medicine man have encouraged while adding to my knowledge of each tribes way .thank you you for your love and guidance in my ancestral history.Steven k CAPPS

[@barbarataylor8101]

Mr.Brown and Shane, thank you

[@rosifischer1363]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Blessings for you!

[@beckydegraaf6976]

Grateful beyond your imagination!..

[@aladymcsomeonestein8593]

Much gratitude for your teachings

[@theomnisthour6400]

Thoughts are the pollen of the soul.

[@wilburkookmeyer5804]

It makes me super happy to hear that! Thank you Senor🤙SHAKA

[@polymathematics5837]

Thank you for sharing. Lots of love to you, my indigenous brother.

[@timtreece9416]

Thank you for this wisdom!😊

[@JoseMejia-ke1ez]

Inquietante la enorme sabiduría oculta.

[@brandyprice613]

Thank you and bless you for sharing.

[@sandeepettit696]

Thank you for these teachings of your people.

[@tommychong1173]

I hope y'all are putting these on disk or flash drive for later generations to learn

[@lindamoses3697]

I caught a horned toad as an 8 year old child. I was far more afraid of it than it was of me. Thank you for your words of wisdom.

[@mariaofarrell7tsavororite12-7]

Thank you for explaining this. 🙂

[@kellysmith1014]

Thank you Sirs👣

[@jo-oe9zg]

Very greatful ☀

[@michaeladronsmith6043]

Im not the only one affected i know what could happened and what there trying to do to me its happened all my life. So far im alive. 👌

[@7_BeAtree]

Beutiful words to share with my family💛🎶

[@robertdowneypeenis6139]

Southern Tonto Apache here, I hear you guys are our distant cousins and that we came from one people that migrated from Canada in like the 13th century

[@Outdoorswithmike]

Thank you for the teaching

[@FacesintheStone]

I have some stone toads. They’re very beautiful.

[@tammyjo4082]

Thank you.

[@jeremyarroyo360]

Crazy i use to have a horn toad along time ago i did not know this about them.