Wakan

The great chief and medicine men pronounced the bird "Wakan" (something holy).

Myths and Legends of the Sioux Marie L. McLaughlin

The great chief and medicine men pronounced the bird "Wakan" (something holy).

Myths and Legends of the Sioux 1916

Even the Indians were afraid to approach the place, pronouncing it "Wakan," or supernaturally inhabited.

Duffels Edward Eggleston 1869

Yes | No | Report from Wakan Oshota wrote 1 year 1 week ago

Bucks on Ice! 2009

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit), and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

Eileen Flanagan: How Religion Changes Lives Eileen Flanagan 2010

When they first saw horses feral descendants of Spanish escapees, they were completely baffled by them and had no idea what they were or where they had come from, and subsequently referred to them as “Shunka Wakan”, or “The Mysterious Dog”.

Brits to teach controversy (or are they?) - The Panda's Thumb 2006

In the Lakota shamanistic religious view, the spirit that guided everything was known as “Wakan Tanka” – “tanka” meaning “great” or “powerful”, thus “The Great Mystery” or “The Unknowable Power”.

Brits to teach controversy (or are they?) - The Panda's Thumb 2006

Or Wakan hell*, where all evilutionists will go and burn, and over which upstanding true believers will warm their hands.

Brits to teach controversy (or are they?) - The Panda's Thumb 2006

If Wakan Tanka wishes the dog to recover, he will.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

If Wakan Tanka wishes the dog to recover, he will.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002