Iktómi Íya Wan T'eyé

When crafty Iktómi comes across a hungry Íya, he fears he may become its next meal but Íya has bigger plans: he's going to eat the nearby village! With a trick or two up his sleeve, Iktó must find a way to save the people from Íya's never-ending appetite. Complete Lakhota translation.
Iktómi, whose name literally means "spider," is a trickster figure, shape-shifter, and cultural hero in traditional Lakhota, Dakhota, and Nakhota Sioux American Indian stories.
According to legend, he was born, full-growth from an egg. The first-born son of Inya - the Rock, he is the size of an ordinary man and possesses supernatural powers and spider-like qualities. He is both the fool and a sly, cunning teacher; good and bad; hero and anti-hero.

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Product details

• Authors: Language Initiative Thunder Valley
• Publisher: Riversong Studio
• Languages: North American Indian (Other)
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2019
• EAN: 9780999759738
• ISBN: 978-0-9997597-3-8
• No. of pages: 34
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 222 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 292 g
• Subject: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs > Fairytales and sagas