White Buffalo Calf Woman
deity intermediate Lakota single tradition · 1
White Buffalo Calf Woman is a sacred woman of supernatural origin who is central to the Lakota religion as the primary cultural prophet. Oral traditions relate that she brought the Seven Sacred Rites to the Lakota people. She is also known as White Buffalo Maiden.
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“the woman explained that she was wakȟáŋ (holy, having spiritual and supernatural powers). She further explained that if he did as she instructed, his people would rise again...She taught the Lakota seven sacred ceremonies to protect the Mother Earth”
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