Post by Senbecc on Dec 20, 2006 3:45:56 GMT -5
Okaga to the Lakota people is the spirit of the south, and southern winds, as well as the keeper and giver of warm weather, as well as the fertility of all things during this time of year. He is one of the four winds...These would be as follows:
Eya, the West Wind.
Yata, the North Wind.
Yanpa, the East Wind.
Okaga, the South Wind
Now, these are four different spirits of the same God, known as Akan or the Wind. Because he is of the wind, no-one of mankind can ever comprehend his being. He can be addresses as the four, or the wind of four directions...However that is another post for another day.
Okaga is the youngest of the four. He like the others is an immaterial god who's substance is never visible. He as the others are the son's of Tate, and their mother is Anog Ite. Each of the winds were born at one birth, but Yata came first. Eya, the second-born, displaced Yata and holds the birthright of the firstborn. Yanpa was third born and Okaga the last-born son. Their tipis lie at the edge of the world. Though they don't actually live in them. They continually travel the trails which lie at the edge of the world.
Okaga, lives where the sun stops at mid-day, he is the warmth of the sun at its most beautiful time, and the beginning of spring, he is the fertility of both the land as well as it's inhabitants. He is a part of a greater whole, all of which are every bit as necessary as the last.
"One day, as the Four Winds were on their tours away from home, a shining object appeared outside of Tate's tipi. Tate looked out and saw a lovely young woman, beautifully dressed. Tate asked her who she was and where she came from. She replied that she came from the Star People, that her father was Sun and her mother, Moon, and that she had been sent to the world to find friends. She also told him that her name was Whope. When the Four Winds and Whirlwind returned home, they were surprised to find that their father had taken a woman. But after Whope had prepared for each of them, her favorite meal, and no matter how much they ate, their plates remained full, they realized that she was supernaturally endowed. They learned that their father treated her, not as a wife, but as a daughter. They welcomed her into their lodge. Soon, each brother wanted Whope as his woman and competed with one another in showing her favors. Tate decided to hold a feast, to which all the Gods should be invited. At this feast Tate honored his guests with presents. Many told stories of their power and there was much dancing. Then the Gods asked Tate how they might please him. He told them that if they honored his daughter, Whope, he himself would be pleased. Then they asked Whope what she wanted. Whope arose and stood by Okaga, the South Wind, who folded his robe around her. "I want a tipi for Okaga and myself, a place for him and his brothers." So her wish was granted and Whope became Okaga's wife. And then, as a present for the couple, the Gods made them the world and all there is in it. "
web.raex.com/~obsidian/LakoPan.html#Okaga
www.sacred-texts.com/nam/pla/sdo/sdo08.htm
www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/anungite.htm
Eya, the West Wind.
Yata, the North Wind.
Yanpa, the East Wind.
Okaga, the South Wind
Now, these are four different spirits of the same God, known as Akan or the Wind. Because he is of the wind, no-one of mankind can ever comprehend his being. He can be addresses as the four, or the wind of four directions...However that is another post for another day.
Okaga is the youngest of the four. He like the others is an immaterial god who's substance is never visible. He as the others are the son's of Tate, and their mother is Anog Ite. Each of the winds were born at one birth, but Yata came first. Eya, the second-born, displaced Yata and holds the birthright of the firstborn. Yanpa was third born and Okaga the last-born son. Their tipis lie at the edge of the world. Though they don't actually live in them. They continually travel the trails which lie at the edge of the world.
Okaga, lives where the sun stops at mid-day, he is the warmth of the sun at its most beautiful time, and the beginning of spring, he is the fertility of both the land as well as it's inhabitants. He is a part of a greater whole, all of which are every bit as necessary as the last.
"One day, as the Four Winds were on their tours away from home, a shining object appeared outside of Tate's tipi. Tate looked out and saw a lovely young woman, beautifully dressed. Tate asked her who she was and where she came from. She replied that she came from the Star People, that her father was Sun and her mother, Moon, and that she had been sent to the world to find friends. She also told him that her name was Whope. When the Four Winds and Whirlwind returned home, they were surprised to find that their father had taken a woman. But after Whope had prepared for each of them, her favorite meal, and no matter how much they ate, their plates remained full, they realized that she was supernaturally endowed. They learned that their father treated her, not as a wife, but as a daughter. They welcomed her into their lodge. Soon, each brother wanted Whope as his woman and competed with one another in showing her favors. Tate decided to hold a feast, to which all the Gods should be invited. At this feast Tate honored his guests with presents. Many told stories of their power and there was much dancing. Then the Gods asked Tate how they might please him. He told them that if they honored his daughter, Whope, he himself would be pleased. Then they asked Whope what she wanted. Whope arose and stood by Okaga, the South Wind, who folded his robe around her. "I want a tipi for Okaga and myself, a place for him and his brothers." So her wish was granted and Whope became Okaga's wife. And then, as a present for the couple, the Gods made them the world and all there is in it. "
web.raex.com/~obsidian/LakoPan.html#Okaga
www.sacred-texts.com/nam/pla/sdo/sdo08.htm
www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/anungite.htm