Maká
Sioux/Lakota · deity · first world · Recorded classification
Maká, the Earth, is the second of the four Superior Gods. Drawn out of Íŋyaŋ's own body when he sacrificed his blood, she is forever bound to the Rock — soil clinging to stone. Addressed as Mother/Grandmother Earth (Iná Maká, Uŋčí Maká), she is the ground of all living things; when she complained of cold and darkness, the supreme Škáŋ answered by bringing forth the Sun and ordering the alternation of day and night.
Domains
- earth
- fertility and land
Powers
- bear and nourish all living things as the ground of the world
Epithets
- Uŋčí Maká Grandmother EarthJames R. Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (primary)
- Iná Maká Mother EarthJames R. Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (primary)
Relations
- created by: ÍŋyaŋDrawn from Íŋyaŋ's own substance and bound to him.Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (1980), pp. 51-53 (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Walker, The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala (AMNH 16, 1917) (secondary); Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (DeMallie & Jahner eds., 1980) (secondary)