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Lakota Sioux Creation Mythology::

Introduction
James R. Walker
Creation (James R. Walker)
When the People Laughed at Hanwi
Tate - A Myth Told at Winter Camps
Wooing Wohpe
Feast Given by Old Tate
The Pte Cycle
How the Lakota Came Upon the World
How the Sioux Nation was Born
The End of the Cycle
Other Myths of Creation
The Transformative Powers of Iktomi
Conclusion

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Lakota Sioux Creation Mythology::

The End of the Cycle

According to Sioux mythology, at the beginning of time a buffalo was placed in the west in order to hold back the waters. Each year this buffalo loses a single hair and each 'age' he loses a leg. When the buffalo has lost all his hair and all his legs, then the waters will rush in once again and the current cycle will end. It is believed by many that the buffalo is now on its last leg and that he virtually bald (Brown 1953: 9, n.15).¹

Notes::

1 - Joseph Epes Brown, ed. 1953. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.









Lakota Sioux Articles Lakota Sioux Creation Mythology:: Introduction James R. Walker Creation (James R. Walker) When the People Laughed at Hanwi Tate - A Myth Told at Winter Camps Wooing Wohpe Feast Given by Old Tate The Pte Cycle How the Lakota Came Upon the World How the Sioux Nation was Born The End of the Cycle Other Myths of Creation The Transformative Powers of Iktomi Conclusion Print Entire Article		Lakota Sioux Creation Mythology:: The End of the Cycle According to Sioux mythology, at the beginning of time a buffalo was placed in the west in order to hold back the waters. Each year this buffalo loses a single hair and each 'age' he loses a leg. When the buffalo has lost all his hair and all his legs, then the waters will rush in once again and the current cycle will end. It is believed by many that the buffalo is now on its last leg and that he virtually bald (Brown 1953: 9, n.15).¹ Notes:: 1 - Joseph Epes Brown, ed. 1953. The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. © 2002 by Bornali Halder Next>>>>

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