Tȟaté

Tȟaté, the Wind, is an Associate God, created by Škáŋ to be his companion and the agent of his will at the center of the world. He married Ité before her transformation into the two-faced Aŋóg Ité, and fathered the Four Winds (Tȟaté Tób) — the West (Eyá), North (Wazíya/Yatá), East (Yaŋpá), and South (Okáǧa) — whom he dispatched to the cardinal quarters, together with the late-born Whirlwind (Yumní). The cycle of the Four Winds underlies much Lakota ritual and the round of the year.

Children

• Eyá
• Okáǧa
• Yaŋpá
• Yatá
• Yumní

Domains

• wind
• the four directions

Powers

• act as the companion and agent of Škáŋ at the center of the world
• father and dispatch the Four Winds to the cardinal directions

Relations

• created by: Škáŋ
• spouse: Aŋóg Ité

Sources

• Walker, The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala (AMNH 16, 1917)
• Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (DeMallie & Jahner eds., 1980)
• Walker, Lakota Myth (Jahner ed., 1983)