heyoka
human_specialist earth Sioux single tradition · 1
The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a type of sacred clown shaman in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains of North America. The heyoka is a contrarian, jester, and satirist, who speaks, moves and reacts in an opposite fashion to the people around them.
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- co occurs with
- Wakíŋyaŋ, thunder beings
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wikipedia (1)
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“The Lakota medicine man Black Elk described himself as a heyoka, saying he had been visited as a child by the thunder beings.”
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