Yaŋpá
Sioux/Lakota · deity · second world · Recorded classification
Yaŋpá, the East Wind, is the third-born of the Four Winds (Tȟaté Tób), sons of Tȟaté and Ité. His quarter is the East, the place of the dawn and of new beginnings. Parent-edges link from parentIds; sibling-edges are declared on each brother.
Parentage
Domains
- the east wind
Powers
- govern the East, the place of dawn and new beginnings
Relations
- sibling: EyáFull brother; one of the Four Winds.
- sibling: YatáFull brother; one of the Four Winds.
- sibling: OkáǧaFull brother; one of the Four Winds.
- sibling: YumníBrother; the late-born Whirlwind.
Sources
- existence: Walker, Lakota Myth (Jahner ed., 1983) (secondary); Walker, Lakota Belief and Ritual (DeMallie & Jahner eds., 1980) (secondary)