Erect Horns
Cheyenne · demigod · myth age / culture hero age · Recorded classification
Sutaio culture-hero/prophet classed 'demigod'. The Só'taeo'o (Sutaio) were a distinct people absorbed into the Cheyenne; Erect Horns is their counterpart to Sweet Medicine. Cheyenne Tomȯsévėséhe; popular Tomsivi.
Domains
- prophecy
- fertility
Powers
- receive the Sacred Buffalo Hat from Maheo
- bring the Sun Dance and renew the buffalo
Relations
- student: All-SpiritSutaio prophet who receives the Sacred Buffalo Hat and law from Maheo, who carries the reciprocal 'mentor' edge.P. J. Powell, Sweet Medicine (1969); G. B. Grinnell, The Cheyenne Indians (1923) (secondary)
Sources
- Erect Horns (Tomsivi / Tomȯsévėséhe) is the Sutaio prophet who received the Sacred Buffalo Hat (Ésevone / Is'siwun) and the Sun Dance from Maheo.: Peter J. Powell, 'Sweet Medicine,' 2 vols. (1969). (ethnography); George A. Dorsey, 'The Cheyenne, I–II' (Field Columbian Museum, 1905). (ethnography)