Wakinyan
Wakíŋyaŋ is a Lakota word for "thunder."
The word is usually translated as "Thunder Spirits", "Thunder Beings," or "Thunder Birds". [1] Heyokas, that is contrarians, dream of Wakinyan and can burn cedar (Juniperus scopulorum) to protect themselves from thunder and lightning, since Wakinyan respects and will not harm that tree.[2]
References
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- ↑ Legendary Native American Figures: Thunderer (Wakinyan)
- ↑ Tyon, Thomas (1991). Walker, James R., ed. Lakota Belief and Ritual. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 155.
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