Yatá

Yatá, the North Wind, is the firstborn of the Four Winds (Tȟaté Tób), sons of Tȟaté and Ité, but lost the birthright of the eldest to Eyá. His quarter is the cold North; the corpus prose for Tȟaté equates this North Wind with Wazíya, the icy giant of the north, an identification kept here as an alt name. Parent-edges link from parentIds; sibling-edges are declared on each brother.

Parentage

• parent: Tȟaté
• parent: Aŋóg Ité

Domains

• the north wind

Powers

• rule the cold North, the quarter of winter and hardship

Relations

• sibling: EyáFull brother; Eyá the second-born displaced Yatá from the birthright of the eldest.
• sibling: YaŋpáFull 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)