First Rank: Superior Gods

The Superior Gods include:

• Wi (the Sun), chief of the Gods;


• Skan (the Sky), the Great All-Powerful Spirit;


• Maka (the Earth), the ancestress of all upon the world and provider for all;


• Inyan (the Rock), the primal source of all things.

Second Rank: Associate Gods

The Associate Gods include:

• Hanwi (the Moon), created by Wi to be his companion;


• Tate (the Wind), created by Skan to be his companion;


• Unk (Contention), created by Maka to be her companion, but who was cast into the waters and is the Goddess of the Waters and ancestress of all evil beings;


• Wakinyan (Winged One), created by Inyan to be his active associate.

Third Rank: the Subordinate Gods

The Subordinate Gods include:

• Ta Tanka (The Buffalo God), the patron of ceremonies, of health, and of provision.


• Hu Nonp (the Bear God), the patron of wisdom


• Wani (the Four Winds), the vitalizer and weather


• Yum, (the Whirlwind), the God of chance, of games, and of love.

Fourth Rank: The Inferior Gods

The Inferior Gods include:

• Nagi, (the Spirit);


• Niya, (the Ghost);


• Sicun, (the Intellect);


• Nagila (the immaterial self of irrational things)

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