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According to Pawnne myth, the wolf was the first to experience death.The Netsilik Inuit and Takanaluk-arnaluk believed that the sea-woman Nuliayuk's home was guarded by wolves. The Naskapi's believed that the caribou afterlife is guarded by giant wolves that kill careless hunters who venture too near. The Navajo people feared witches in wolf's clothing called "Mai-cob". Wolves were feared by the Tsilhqot'in, who believed that contact with wolves would result in nervous illness or death.