Tȟaté
Sioux/Lakota · deity · second world · Recorded classification
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
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: ŠkáŋCreated by Škáŋ the Sky to be his companion; the associate of Škáŋ.Walker, Lakota Myth (1983); Lakota Belief and Ritual (1980) (secondary)
- spouse: Aŋóg Ité
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); Walker, Lakota Myth (Jahner ed., 1983) (secondary)