Eyá

Eyá, the West Wind, is the second-born of the Four Winds (Tȟaté Tób), sons of Tȟaté and Ité. Though second by birth he holds the birthright of the eldest, having displaced Yatá; his quarter is the West, the realm of the Thunder-beings, and he governs the end of day and the year. Parent-edges link from his parentIds; sibling-edges are declared on each brother.

Parentage

• parent: Tȟaté
• parent: Aŋóg Ité

Domains

• the west wind

Powers

• govern the West, the close of day and year, and the realm of the Thunder-beings

Relations

• sibling: YatáFull brother and one of the Four Winds; Eyá the second-born took the birthright from the firstborn Yatá.
• sibling: YaŋpáFull brother; one of the Four Winds.
• sibling: OkáǧaFull brother; one of the Four Winds.
• sibling: YumníBrother; the late-born Whirlwind, the fifth child.

Sources

• existence: Walker, Lakota Myth (Jahner ed., 1983) (secondary); Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (DeMallie & Jahner eds., 1980) (secondary)