Wazí

Wazí, the Old Man and Wizard, was chief of the underworld people and father of Ité (Aŋóg Ité) by the seer Wakáŋka. For abetting Iktómi deception at the Feast of the Gods he was sentenced by Škáŋ to wander the world alone until he should help his grandsons; in later tradition the Old Man and Old Woman appear as ambivalent wizard-figures of the north.

Children

• Aŋóg Ité

Domains

• magic and sorcery

Powers

• work magic and sorcery as the Old Man wizard

Relations

• spouse: Wakáŋka
• father of: Aŋóg Ité

Sources

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