Iktómi

Lakota

Alternative forms

  • Iktó

Etymology

From iktómi (“spider”). Compare Anansi in West African folklore, another spider-trickster figure.

Cognate with Dakota Uŋktómi.

Proper noun

Iktómi

  1. (mythology) Iktomi (spider-trickster spirit in Lakota mythology)

Derived terms

  • Iktómi huhá glaglégleǧA (“to tell lies”, literally “Iktomi paints stripes on his limbs”)

See also

References

  • Jan Ullrich, editor, compiled by Ben Black Bear Jr. and Richard Two Dogs (2023), “Iktómi”, in New Lakota Dictionary App‎[1] (electronic app), Kyle, SD: Lakota Language Commission, via LLC Bookstore
  • Jan Ullrich, editor (2011) [2008], New Lakota Dictionary, 2nd edition, Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Commission, page 26
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