Ohunka

Ohunka (Lakota: false, untrue, plural ohunkakan) is a traditional Sioux evening story. They usually feature mythological characters like Iktomi or Iya together with humans. The storyteller's skill required the combination of episodes and keeping the audience interested. Some ohunkakan were collected by Zitkala-Sa in her Old Indian Legends.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lakota Words Index". Lakota Writings. Archived from the original on 2011-09-08. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. ↑ John Gneisenau Neihardt, Raymond J. DeMallie. The Sixth Grandfather: Black Elk's Teachings Given to John G. Neihardt, University of Nebraska Press, 1985, p. 395