Wakan_Tanka Wakan_Tanka

Wakan Tanka - Definition and Overview

In Lakota traditions, Wakan Tanka is a term for "The Great Spirit" which resides in every thing, similar to many notions of God. Every creature and object has a wakan, such as wakan tanka kin, the wakan of the sun.

Alternative: Wakan, Wakanda (Omaha Tribe), Oki (Iroquois)

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