Wakáŋka

Wakáŋka (Kȟaŋká), the Old Woman and Witch, was a seer, wife of Wazí and mother of Ité. For her part in the deception at the Feast of the Gods she was sentenced by Škáŋ to dwell alone in the world until she should use her gifts to help children and the young.

Children

• Aŋóg Ité

Domains

• divination and prophecy

Powers

• see and foretell as the Old Woman seer and witch

Epithets

• Kȟaŋká Lakota · Kanka · namethe Old Woman / WitchJames R. Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (primary)

Relations

• spouse: WazíWife of the wizard Wazí; together the parents of Ité.Walker, Lakota Myth (1983) (secondary)
• mother of: Aŋóg ItéMother of Ité, who became Aŋóg Ité, the Double-Face.Walker, Lakota Myth (1983) (secondary)

Sources

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