- Lakota religion - Wikipedia
Central to Lakota religion is the concept of wakʽą, an energy or power permeating the universe The unified totality of wakʽą is termed Wakʽą Tʽąką and is regarded as the source of all things
- Wakan | Native American, Animism Spirituality | Britannica
Wakan, among various American Indian groups, a great spiritual power of supernatural origin belonging to some natural objects Wakan may be conceived of as a weak or strong power; the weak powers can be ignored, but the strong ones must be placated
- Lakota: Concept of Wakan - The Wild West
In the world of the Lakota, the word wakan means many things, yet nothing that is easily understood Even among the Lakota themselves a great deal of thought and study is necessary in a quest to understand the concept of wakan
- Lakota Sioux Creation Story - World History Encyclopedia
Wakan Tanka first creates land on the back of the turtle, then water, then animals, birds, and plants, and only then are humans created; suggesting, perhaps, that human beings should not think more highly of themselves than of all that was created before them
- Oglala Sun Dance: Translations of Texts: Wakan | Sacred Texts Archive
Again, some birds are wakan because they do very strange things and some animals are wakan because the wakan beings make them so In other words, anything may be wakan if a wakan spirit goes into it
- Wakan Tanka: More Than Just a Great Spirit - The Mystica
Wakan Tanka is the Lakota term for the Great Spirit or Great Mystery, a supreme being or power that permeates all things It’s a concept of a universal, all-encompassing force that is both personal and impersonal, present in all living and non-living things
- WAKAN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of WAKAN is a supernatural force similar to mana believed by the Sioux to pervade animate and inanimate objects in varying degrees sometimes giving them extraordinary powers and usually assumed to be the cause of extraordinary happenings
- Wakan Tanka - World Mythos
Wakan Tanka is a central figure in Native American mythology, particularly among the Lakota Sioux people This term translates to “Great Spirit” or “Great Mystery” and embodies the concept of a supreme being or divine force that governs the universe
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