Lakota mythology
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Mythology
The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...

, a Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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 people of North
North Dakota
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 and South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

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  1. Anog Ite
    Anog Ite
    In Lakota mythology, Anúŋg Ité is a daughter of Škáŋ and wife of Tate. She was tricked by Iktomi to attempt to seduce Wi but failed when Škáŋ tells Wi that he has forgotten his wife. For attempting to undo the proper order and place herself in Hanwi's position and forgetting her own family, one...

  2. Anoliy
  3. Anpao
    Anpao
    In Lakota mythology , Anpao is an entity with two faces that represents the spirit of the dawn....

  4. Canotila
    Canotila
    In Lakota mythology, Canotila are a race of forest-dwelling creatures, similar to fairies....

  5. Capa
    Capa (Lakota mythology)
    In Lakota mythology, Čhápa is the beaver spirit and lord of domesticity, labor and preparation....

  6. Cetan
    Cetan
    In Lakota mythology, Čhetáŋ is the hawk spirit and is associated with the east and the qualities of speed, dedication and good vision. Čhetáŋ is also a poet. In Canadian aboriginal culture, on the other hand, the term Čhetáŋ is often used to describe mountains and rolling hills....

  7. Haokah
    Haokah
    In Lakota mythology, Heyókȟa is a spirit of thunder and lightning. He is said to use the wind as sticks to beat the drum of thunder. His emotions are portrayed opposite the norm; he laughs when he is sad and cries when he is happy, cold makes him sweat and heat makes him shiver. In art, he is...

  8. Ictinike (also known as Iktomi
    Iktomi
    In Lakota mythology, Iktomi is a spider-trickster spirit, and a culture hero for the Lakota people. Alternate names for Iktomi include Ikto, Ictinike, Inktomi, Unktome, and Unktomi...

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  9. Inyan
    Inyan
    In Lakota mythology, Íŋyaŋ was the first of the superior gods. He existed before the beginning. He then created Maka and gave it the spirit Makȟá-akáŋl , the second of the superior gods and a part of Íŋyaŋ. Creating Maka required most of Inyan's blood, which was blue, to form a great disk,...

  10. Iya
  11. Ptehehincalasanwin (see Whope)
  12. Skan
    Skan
    In Lakota tradition, Škáŋ is the Motion of the universe. The Great Spirit, Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka, reflected upon himself and created the four Superior Spirits, Wi , Skan, Maka and Íŋyaŋ .Skan enters the body with the spirit and sets...

  13. Tate
    Tate (god)
    Tȟaté is a wind god or Spirit in Lakota mythology. There are four primary wind spirits, referenced in relation to the four directions....

  14. Unhcegila
    Unhcegila
    In Lakota mythology, Unhcegila is a dragonoid creature which was responsible for many unexplained disappearances and deaths.In popular culture, a fictionalized version of the myth appeared in a Marvel Comics Presents story arc starring Wolverine ....

  15. Untunktahe
    Untunktahe
    In Lakota mythology, Untunktahe is a water spirit....

  16. Wakan Tanka
    Wakan Tanka
    In the Sioux way of life, Wakan Tanka is the term for "the sacred" or "the divine". This is usually translated as "The Great Spirit"...

     (or Wakan, Wakanda)
  17. Wananikwe
  18. Waukheon
    Waukheon
    Wakíŋyaŋ is a Lakota word for "thunder" .In a mythical context, the word is taken to mean "Thunder Spirit", "Thunder beings," or "Thunder birds" created by Inyan to be his companion...

  19. Whope
    Whope
    In Lakota mythology, Wóȟpe is a goddess of peace, the daughter of Wi and the Moon, Haŋhépi-Wi. She was the wife of the south wind. When she visited the Earth, she gave the Dakota Indians a pipe as a symbol of peace. Later, Wóȟpe became the White Buffalo Calf Woman...

  20. Wi
    Wi (mythology)
    In Lakota mythology, Wi is one of the most supreme gods. He is a solar deity, and is associated with the American Bison. He is the father of Whope. Anog Ite attempted to seduce Wi, but she had one of her two faces changed into an ugly visage as punishment....

  21. Yuwipi
    Yuwipi
    A Yuwipi is a Lakota/Sioux healing ceremony. In the ceremony, the healer is tied up with a special blanket and ropes while praying for the healing of a specific person or persons. Other participants also pray for the person or persons to be healed....

  22. Wakinyan
  23. White Buffalo Calf Woman
    White Buffalo Calf Woman
    White Buffalo Calf Woman , a sacred woman of supernatural origin, is treated as a prophet or a messiah and is central to the Lakota religion. Oral traditions relate that she brought the extended Lakota nation of the Teton Sioux their "Seven Sacred Rituals".- Story :The traditional story is that,...

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