Wicháȟpi Hiŋȟpáya
Sioux/Lakota · demigod · third world · Recorded classification
Born after his mother fell from the Sky Country with him in her womb. Slew monsters and delivered captive humans across multiple cycle episodes. Comparable to Poïa as a Plains Star-Husband child.
Parentage
- paternal: Star-Man of the Sky Nation
- maternal: Tapun Sa Win
Domains
- stars and constellations
Powers
- celestial luminance
- monster slaying
- sky passage
- Grow to manhood in days
- Lift the ground skyward
- Slay monsters, rescue captives
Epithets
- Fallen Star The star-born culture-hero who travels the camps righting wrongs and rescuing the peopleLakota/Dakota oral tradition (the Fallen Star cycle) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Walker, The Sun Dance (1917) (secondary); Dorsey (1894) (secondary)
- parentage: Walker (1917) (secondary)