{"id":136832,"date":"2026-09-03T00:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=136832"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:13:08","slug":"wakan-tanka-stora-heliga-kraften-lakota","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/wakan-tanka-stora-heliga-kraften-lakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Wakan Tanka \u2013 Lakotas stora heliga kraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"136832\" class=\"elementor elementor-136832 elementor-2584 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-hero\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-hl e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-hl\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-htxt e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-htxt\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-h1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-h1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wakan Tanka, stor helig kraft och h\u00f6gsta v\u00e4sen i Lakota-traditionen<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-lead elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-lead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wakan Tanka (Lakota: <em>Wakan Thanka<\/em>, Stora heliga kraft) \u00e4r i Lakotas och den vidare Sioux-spr\u00e5kfamiljens religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rst\u00e5else den h\u00f6gsta, allomfattande numin\u00f6sa verkligheten. Den \u00e4r mindre en personifierad <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett v\u00e4sen som dyrkas som gudomligt inom en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudom<\/span> i v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndsk mening \u00e4n en genomsyrande helig kraft.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-pillc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-pillc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-pills elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-pills\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Skapare inom traditionen Native American.\">Skapare<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/indianska-gudar-wakan-tanka-first-nations\/\" 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historisch-illustrativ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_wakan-tanka-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_wakan-tanka-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_wakan-tanka-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_wakan-tanka.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s0h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s0h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Placering i Lakotas religion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s0t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s0t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wakan Tanka st\u00e5r i centrum av den religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningsv\u00e4rlden hos Lakota, Dakota och Nakota, de tre huvudgrenarna av Sioux-spr\u00e5kfamiljen.<\/p><p>Till skillnad fr\u00e5n de abrahamitiska religionernas monoteistiska Gud \u00e4r Wakan Tanka inget tydligt personifierat h\u00f6gsta v\u00e4sen med egen vilja, egen biografi och egen r\u00f6st, utan den genomsyrande heliga kraften (<em>wakan<\/em>) som \u00e4r n\u00e4rvarande i allt levande och icke-levande.<\/p><p>Lakota-teologen Black Elk talade i sina upptecknade tal, framf\u00f6r allt i det av John Neihardt sammanst\u00e4llda verket <em>Black Elk Speaks<\/em> (1932), om Wakan Tanka som <em>Wakan Tanka unsi unkila<\/em> (den heliga Store som har medlidande med oss).<\/p><p>Den samtida Lakota-religionsforskaren Vine Deloria Jr. har i <em>God Is Red<\/em> (1973) visat att den enkla \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningen av Wakan Tanka som <em>Great Spirit<\/em>, vanlig i den popul\u00e4ra litteraturen sedan 1800-talet, missar den genuina inneb\u00f6rden.<\/p><p>Strukturellt h\u00f6r Wakan Tanka till klassen av panreligi\u00f6sa <em>allmakts-h\u00f6gv\u00e4sen<\/em>, men \u00e4r starkt pr\u00e4glad av den specifikt Lakota-pr\u00e4glade f\u00f6rst\u00e5elsen av den heliga kraften <em>wakan<\/em>.<\/p><p>Lakota k\u00e4nner till ett stort antal wakan-v\u00e4sen (j\u00e4mf\u00f6rbart med Apu-bergherrarna hos <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/andeska-kulturer-inka-inti-pachamama-viracocha\/\">Andernas<\/a> inkafolk): de fyra v\u00e4derstrecken, \u00e5skv\u00e4sendena (se <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/thunderbird-askfagel-nordamerikanska-indianer\/\">Thunderbird<\/a>), djurens andar, f\u00f6rf\u00e4dernas andar, alla \u00e4r <em>wakan<\/em>, alla \u00e4r del av den enda allomfattande heliga kraften.<\/p><p>I j\u00e4mf\u00f6relse med den v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndskt monoteistiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> \u00e4r en viktig po\u00e4ng i Lakota-uppfattningen fr\u00e5nvaron av en entydig k\u00f6nstillh\u00f6righet. Wakan Tanka \u00e4r varken manlig eller kvinnlig; de personifierade wakan-aspekterna faller i st\u00e4llet is\u00e4r i manliga, kvinnliga och androgyna v\u00e4sen.<\/p><p>Denna k\u00f6nsneutralitet hos den h\u00f6gsta verkligheten \u00e4r en genuin skillnad gentemot den judisk-kristet-islamiska traditionens manliga Gud-Fader-bild och har i den j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Vetenskapen som utforskar religioner j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande och utan trosbindning.\" tabindex=\"0\">religionsvetenskapen<\/span> upprepade g\u00e5nger uppm\u00e4rksammats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s1h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s1h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Namn och etymologi<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s1t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s1t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lakota-begreppet <em>wakan<\/em> \u00e4r en av de centrala religionsfilosofiska termerna i Sioux-traditionen. Det betyder ordagrant <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tillh\u00f6rande det gudomliga och d\u00e4rmed undandraget fr\u00e5n vanligt bruk.\" tabindex=\"0\">heligt<\/span><\/em>, <em>g\u00e5tfullt<\/em> eller <em>inte-fullst\u00e4ndigt-att-f\u00f6rst\u00e5<\/em> och anv\u00e4nds \u00f6ver hela det spektrum som vi skulle kalla <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Betecknar det b\u00e4vande och upph\u00f6jda hos det heliga; term inom religionsvetenskapen.\" tabindex=\"0\">numin\u00f6st<\/span><\/em>.<\/p><p>Lakota-lingvisten Stephen Riggs sammanst\u00e4llde i sin Lakota-engelska ordbok (1852) en anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rd lista \u00f6ver wakan-till\u00e4mpningar, fr\u00e5n kvinnan i barns\u00e4ng till blixtnedslag, fr\u00e5n helarens tobaksp\u00e5se till en \u00e4lskad h\u00e4sts d\u00f6d.<\/p><p>Till\u00e4gget <em>thanka<\/em> eller <em>tanka<\/em> betyder <em>stor<\/em> i betydelsen omfattande, allt-inneh\u00e5llande.<\/p><p>D\u00e4rmed \u00e4r Wakan Thanka den <em>omfattande, allt inneh\u00e5llande heliga kraften<\/em>. I de Lakota-teologiska texterna skiljer man mellan <em>wakan kin<\/em> (det heliga i allm\u00e4nhet) och <em>Wakan Thanka<\/em> (det ena omfattande Heliga), d\u00e4r skillnaden inte \u00e4r numerisk (en mot m\u00e5nga) utan kvalitativ (del mot helhet).<\/p><p>En viktig teologisk differentiering gjordes av Lakota-helaren Sword (Sword&#8217;s Account) p\u00e5 1890-talet i samtal med antropologen James Walker: han talade om sexton olika wakan-aspekter som tillsammans utg\u00f6r enheten Wakan Tanka. Denna lista \u00e4r systematiskt dokumenterad i verket James Walker, <em>Lakota Belief and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En reglerad f\u00f6ljd av symboliska handlingar med religi\u00f6s eller kulturell betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ritual<\/span><\/em> (1980, utgiven postumt).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s2h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s2h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Teologiska strukturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s2c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s2c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s2t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s2t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den teologiska strukturen kring Wakan Tanka \u00e4r, enligt de lakotal\u00e4kare (Sword, Finger, Bad Wound, No Flesh) som James Walker dokumenterade, betydligt mer komplex \u00e4n den f\u00f6renklade <em>Great Spirit<\/em>-uppfattningen i den popul\u00e4rvetenskapliga litteraturen. Lakotas <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologi<\/span> s\u00e4rskiljer sexton wakan-aspekter, som \u00e4r hierarkiskt indelade i fyra grupper med fyra aspekter var.<\/p><p>De fyra h\u00f6gsta (<em>Wakan akantu<\/em>) omfattar: <em>Wi<\/em> (solen), <em>Skan<\/em> (det r\u00f6rliga, kosmisk energi), <em>Maka<\/em> (jorden) och <em>Inyan<\/em> (stenen, urmaterialet). Den andra gruppen (<em>Wakan kolaya<\/em>) omfattar deras f\u00f6rbundna f\u00f6ljeslagaraspekter: m\u00e5nen (Hanwi), vinden (Tate), sk\u00f6nheten (Wohpe) och \u00e5skf\u00e5geln (Wakinyan).<\/p><p>Den tredje gruppen (<em>Wakan kuya<\/em>) \u00e4r de underordnade aspekterna: buffel<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> (Tatanka), bj\u00f6rn<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> (Hununpa), de-fyra-vindarnas <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">ande<\/span> (Tate) och virvel<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> (Yumni). Den fj\u00e4rde gruppen (<em>Wakan lakolapi<\/em>) \u00e4r de hj\u00e4lpande andarna: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> (Niya), skuggan (Nagi), livsandan (Naula) och syster<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> (Sicun).<\/p><p>Denna sextonfaldiga aspektstruktur \u00e4r en genuin <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologisk<\/span> konstruktion, som inte motsvarar den ytliga f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen om en enhetligt monoteistisk lakotareligion. Vine Deloria Jr. och lakotareligionsforskaren Joseph Epes Brown har i sina verk upprepade g\u00e5nger betonat betydelsen av denna strukturella komplexitet.<\/p><p>Sword-Walker-texterna \u00e4r metodiskt komplicerade att bed\u00f6ma. James Walker var reservatsl\u00e4kare i Pine Ridge mellan 1896 och 1914 och f\u00f6rde under denna tid omfattande samtal med de sista lakotal\u00e4karna fr\u00e5n generationen f\u00f6re reservaten.<\/p><p>Uppteckningarna \u00e4r en av de viktigaste prim\u00e4rk\u00e4llorna, men de \u00e4r delvis pr\u00e4glade av Walkers egen teologiska bakgrund (han var l\u00e4kare med v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndsk utbildning) och av \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningssv\u00e5righeter. Den senare forskningen, s\u00e4rskilt Raymond DeMallie och Vine Deloria Jr., har systematiskt diskuterat dessa metodiska problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s3h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s3h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mytologiska ber\u00e4ttelser<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s3t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s3t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Den mytologiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verf\u00f6ringen av kunskap och ber\u00e4ttelser genom generationerna.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00f6verl\u00e4mningen<\/span> kring Wakan Tanka \u00e4r, j\u00e4mf\u00f6rt med m\u00e5nga andra religi\u00f6sa traditioner, f\u00f6rv\u00e5nansv\u00e4rt sparsam p\u00e5 personifierade ber\u00e4ttelser.<\/p><p>Det beror p\u00e5 att Wakan Tanka i sig inte \u00e4r en handlande gestalt, utan den bakomliggande verklighet i vilken de handlande gestalterna upptr\u00e4der. Det mytologiska stoffet i lakotatraditionen r\u00f6r d\u00e4rf\u00f6r snarare de enskilda wakan-aspekterna \u00e4n Wakan Tanka sj\u00e4lv.<\/p><p>En central mytkonstellation \u00e4r framtr\u00e4dandet av <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/white-buffalo-calf-woman-lakota\/\">White Buffalo Calf Woman<\/a>, som p\u00e5 Wakan Tankas uppdrag f\u00f6rde de sju heliga riterna (se nedan) och den heliga pipan <em>chanunpa<\/em> till lakotatraditionen.<\/p><p>Denna ber\u00e4ttelse, \u00f6verl\u00e4mnad framf\u00f6r allt genom Black Elk, \u00e4r lakotareligionens centrala grundl\u00e4ggningsber\u00e4ttelse och ber\u00e4ttas p\u00e5 nytt i n\u00e4stan varje svettstuga- och visionss\u00f6kningssammankomst.<\/p><p>En andra ber\u00e4ttarkonstellation omfattar de kosmogoniska myterna kring <em>tunkasila<\/em>-morf\u00e4derna (se <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/tunkasila-himmelsfarfar-lakota\/\">Tunkasila<\/a>) och vattenormen <em>uncegila<\/em>. Dessa myter finns bevarade i de texter som George Bushotter tecknade ner i slutet av 1800-talet och har beskrivits systematiskt av antropologen James Howard i <em>The Dakota or Sioux Indians<\/em> (1980).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s4h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s4h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sju heliga riter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s4t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s4t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lakotatraditionen k\u00e4nner till sju stora heliga riter (<em>Owanka wakan<\/em>), som alla utf\u00f6rs i relation till Wakan Tanka och som tillskrivs den vita buffelkalvskvinnan. De beskrivs systematiskt i Black Elks och Joseph Epes Browns verk <em>The Sacred Pipe<\/em> (1953).<\/p><p>De sju riterna omfattar f\u00f6ljande former. F\u00f6rst Inipi, reningssvettstugan, som fungerar som rituell f\u00f6rberedelse f\u00f6r varje annan rit. F\u00f6r det andra Hanblechiyapi, visionss\u00f6kningen: en ungdom eller vuxen s\u00f6ker ensam i bergen eller p\u00e5 en kulle under flera dagar och n\u00e4tter utan mat eller vatten f\u00f6r att ta emot en vision. F\u00f6r det tredje Wanagi Yuhapi, att h\u00e5lla sj\u00e4len (sorgeriten), och f\u00f6r det fj\u00e4rde Hunkapi, att g\u00f6ra-till-sl\u00e4kting (adoption). F\u00f6r det femte Ishna Ta Awi Cha Lowan, de unga kvinnornas pubertetsinitiation. F\u00f6r det sj\u00e4tte Tapa Wankayeyapi, att kasta bollen, en lekfull sinnebild f\u00f6r kosmisk f\u00f6rdelning. F\u00f6r det sjunde Wiwanyag Wachipi, soldansen.<\/p><p>Den sistn\u00e4mnda, soldansen, \u00e4r den mest spektakul\u00e4ra och religi\u00f6st intensiva lakotapraktiken. I den dansar ut\u00f6varna i flera dagar utan mat eller vatten i en ring runt ett heligt tr\u00e4d, n\u00e5gra av dem med benspett instuckna genom br\u00f6stmuskulaturen, f\u00e4sta vid tr\u00e4det med l\u00e4derremmar.<\/p><p>Dansen slutar n\u00e4r spetten river sig genom br\u00f6stmuskulaturen och ut\u00f6varen slits loss fr\u00e5n tr\u00e4df\u00f6rbindelsen. Denna fysiska erfarenhet uppfattas som det h\u00f6gsta <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tacksamhet, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offret<\/span> till Wakan Tanka och som en port till visionen.<\/p><p>De sju heliga riterna praktiseras i dagens reservatssamh\u00e4llen med olika frekvens. Inipi (svettstugan) utf\u00f6rs regelbundet i n\u00e4stan varje reservatshush\u00e5ll; Hanblechiyapi (visionss\u00f6kningen) \u00e4ger rum vid initiationer och i s\u00e4rskilda livssituationer; Wiwanyag Wachipi (soldansen) h\u00e5lls \u00e5rligen vid de st\u00f6rre reservatssammankomsterna och r\u00e4knas till de viktigaste kollektiva religi\u00f6sa evenemangen hos siouxfolken.<\/p><p>De \u00f6vriga riterna har delvis blivit mer s\u00e4llsynta, men aktiveras p\u00e5 nytt av en v\u00e4xande r\u00f6relse f\u00f6r inhemsk religi\u00f6s f\u00f6rnyelse.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s5h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s5h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skyddspraxis och apotrop\u00e4isk tradition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s5c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s5t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s5t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lakota-traditionen k\u00e4nner ingen direkt <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Det bedjande eller besv\u00e4rjande tilltalet av en gudomlighet eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5kallan<\/span> av Wakan Tanka i akuta n\u00f6dsituationer, eftersom Wakan Tanka som den alltomfattande verkligheten \u00e4r alltf\u00f6r allm\u00e4n f\u00f6r att vara direkt ansvarig i enskilda livssituationer. Den skyddsrelaterade v\u00f6rdnaden riktas snarare mot de enskilda wakan-aspekterna, de fyra vindarna, buffel-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En kroppsl\u00f6s varelse som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">anden<\/span> och \u00e5skf\u00e5geln.<\/p><p>Konkreta skyddspraktiker omfattar att b\u00e4ra en medicinp\u00e5se (<em>chanli<\/em>) med s\u00e4rskilda stenar, fj\u00e4drar, r\u00f6tter och personliga medicinobjekt, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Det bedjande eller besv\u00e4rjande tilltalet av en gudomlighet eller makt.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00e5kallan<\/span> av de fyra vindarna i de fyra v\u00e4derstrecken vid varje rituellt tillf\u00e4lle, r\u00f6krening med buffel-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En traderad ber\u00e4ttelse med ofta en historisk k\u00e4rna och underbara drag.\" tabindex=\"0\">s\u00e4gen<\/span> (Cedar) eller s\u00f6tgr\u00e4s (Sweetgrass), och det rituella bruket av den heliga pipan <em>chanunpa<\/em>.<\/p><p>Pipr\u00f6kningen \u00e4r inte en f\u00f6rbr\u00e4nning av tobak, utan en kosmologisk handling: tobaken (<em>kinnikinnick<\/em>) f\u00f6renas i pipan med de fyra vindarna, med jord och himmel samt med f\u00f6rf\u00e4derna; pipr\u00f6kningen blir sj\u00e4lv en form av wakan-b\u00f6n.<\/p><p>I den apotrop\u00e4iska traditionen spelar Lakota-sk\u00f6ldarna en s\u00e4rskild roll. Krigarna bar m\u00e5lningar p\u00e5 sina sk\u00f6ldar som hade mottagits i en vision och som var f\u00f6rbundna med wakan-makten hos ett best\u00e4mt djur eller en best\u00e4md varelse.<\/p><p>Dessa sk\u00f6ldm\u00e5lningar var inte enbart estetiska utsmyckningar, utan verksamma ritualpraktiska skyddsobjekt. Joseph Epes Brown har i <em>The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian<\/em> (1982) systematiskt beskrivit den lakotiska sk\u00f6ldtraditionen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s6h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s6h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paralleller i andra kulturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s6t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s6t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wakan Tanka har i den religionsvetenskapligt-j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande litteraturen ofta anf\u00f6rts som ett amerikanskt exempel p\u00e5 en panspiritualistisk h\u00f6gsta v\u00e4sen-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologi<\/span>. Strukturellt j\u00e4mf\u00f6rbara \u00e4r den polynesiska <em>mana<\/em>, den melanesiska <em>mana<\/em>, den kinesiska <em><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"I den kinesiska f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen den verkande livskraften som genomstr\u00f6mmar allt.\" tabindex=\"0\">qi<\/span><\/em>, den indiska <em>brahman<\/em> samt den v\u00e4stafrikanska <em>nyama<\/em> respektive <em>nyam<\/em>.<\/p><p>Viktigt \u00e4r att Wakan Tanka inte \u00e4r panteism i strikt mening: lakotafolket skiljer mellan de enskilda wakan-aspekterna och Wakan Tanka sj\u00e4lv, utan att de \u00e4r identiska med varandra.<\/p><p>Religionsvetaren Aase Hultkrantz har i <em>Belief and Worship in Native North America<\/em> (1981) systematiskt beskrivit denna differentiering och visat att den lakotiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> varken motsvarar den strikta <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tron p\u00e5 en enda Gud.\" tabindex=\"0\">monoteismen<\/span> eller den klassiska panteismen, utan en sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig panenteistisk <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologi<\/span>.<\/p><p>Inom de nordamerikanska indiantraditionerna uppvisar Wakan Tanka n\u00e4ra paralleller till algonkinernas <em>Manitou<\/em>, cheyennernas <em>Maheo<\/em>, apachernas <em>Yusen<\/em>, navajoernas skapare och puebloernas skapare. I alla dessa fall handlar det om h\u00f6gsta v\u00e4sen-koncept som ligger till grund f\u00f6r en allt genomsyrande helig makt.<\/p><p>En anm\u00e4rkningsv\u00e4rd religionshistorisk observation g\u00e4ller kontinuiteten i den lakotiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> \u00e4ven i den vidare sioux-diasporan.<\/p><p>Mdewakanton-dakota i Minnesota, yankton-sioux i South Dakota och assiniboine i Montana och Saskatchewan har var f\u00f6r sig utvecklat egna wakan-tanka-traditioner, som skiljer sig i detaljer men delar den lakotiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologins<\/span> strukturella huvudlinje. Denna pan-sioux-kontinuitet har systematiskt beskrivits av antropologen Raymond DeMallie i hans omfattande sioux-studier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s7h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s7h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nutida mottagande och forskning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s7t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s7t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lakota-religionen har varit i en komplex ren\u00e4ssansfas sedan den p\u00e5tvingade kristnandet av reservatindianerna p\u00e5 1800-talet, och framf\u00f6r allt efter USA-regeringens v\u00e5ldsamma undertryckande av soldansen (f\u00f6rbjuden 1881, 1934).<\/p><p>Sedan soldansen till\u00e4ts igen 1934 och genom det ytterligare erk\u00e4nnandet av inhemska religioner genom <em>American Indian Religious Freedom Act<\/em> (1978) har Lakota-religionen upplevt ett betydande uppsving.<\/p><p>I den akademiska diskursen har diskussionen om Wakan Tanka spelat en viktig roll i dekonstruktionen av missionerande religionsbeskrivningar.<\/p><p>Vine Deloria Jr. (<em>God Is Red<\/em>, 1973; <em>The World We Used to Live In<\/em>, 2006), George Tinker (<em>American Indian Liberation<\/em>, 2008) och Lakota-teologen Charles Eastman (<em>The Soul of the Indian<\/em>, 1911) har h\u00e4vdat den genuint lakotiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> mot de kristet-missionerande f\u00f6renklingarna.<\/p><p>Fr\u00e5n religionsvetenskapligt perspektiv \u00e4r Wakan Tanka ett viktigt exempel p\u00e5 att den enkla typologiska klassificeringen av inhemska religioner (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"F\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen att \u00e4ven djur, v\u00e4xter och ting har en sj\u00e4l.\" tabindex=\"0\">animism<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tron p\u00e5 flera gudar.\" tabindex=\"0\">polyteism<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Tron p\u00e5 en enda gud.\" tabindex=\"0\">monoteism<\/span>) oftast missar den teologiska rikedomen i respektive tradition.<\/p><p>Den genuina Lakota-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> \u00e4r varken <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"F\u00f6rest\u00e4llningen att \u00e4ven djur, v\u00e4xter och ting har en sj\u00e4l.\" tabindex=\"0\">animism<\/span> eller panteism, utan en sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig filosofisk-religi\u00f6s konstruktion som f\u00f6rtj\u00e4nar sin plats i den j\u00e4mf\u00f6rande religionshistorien. iWell Guards koppling till Lakota-traditionen \u00e4r uttryckligen religionsbetraktande, utan verkansl\u00f6fte.<\/p><p>Under 2000-talet har Lakota-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den vetenskapliga l\u00e4ran om Gud och om en religions tro.\" tabindex=\"0\">teologin<\/span> \u00e4ven f\u00e5tt en plats i den interreligi\u00f6sa dialogen. Lakota-andliga ledare som Arvol Looking Horse, nuvarande 19:e generationens v\u00e4ktare av den heliga White-Buffalo-Calf-pipan, representerar Lakota-traditionen vid FN-m\u00f6ten, sammankomster f\u00f6r v\u00e4rldsreligioner och ekumeniska konferenser.<\/p><p>Dessa internationella framtr\u00e4danden har lett till en v\u00e4xande global medvetenhet om Lakota-religionen, men har samtidigt bidragit till problematiska tendenser av andlig appropriering fr\u00e5n v\u00e4sterl\u00e4ndska New Age-grupper, vilket Lakota-\u00e4ldster\u00e5det upprepade g\u00e5nger officiellt protesterat mot sedan 1993.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s8h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s8h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Litteratur och k\u00e4llor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s8c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s8c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-s8t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-s8t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>F\u00f6ljande urval listar centrala verk om Lakota-religionen och den nordamerikanska indianforskningen, som \u00e4r centrala f\u00f6r f\u00f6rst\u00e5elsen av Wakan Tanka.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2c8c5672 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2c8c5672\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2d052194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp2d052194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Problemet med att \u00f6vers\u00e4tta Wakan Tanka<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2ac2c6c1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp2ac2c6c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2c442efa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp2c442efa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Uttrycket <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> kommer fr\u00e5n lakota-, dakota- och nakotaspr\u00e5ken och har i den engelskspr\u00e5kiga litteraturen oftast \u00e5tergetts som Stor <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">ande<\/span> eller Stort mysterium.<\/p><p>B\u00e5da \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningarna \u00e4r problematiska. <em>Wakan<\/em> betecknar en egenskap av det heliga, mystiska eller kraftfullt uppfyllda, och <em>tanka<\/em> betyder stor. Sammans\u00e4ttningen kan inte \u00f6vers\u00e4ttas till ett enskilt gudsnamn utan f\u00f6rlust.<\/p><p>Den tidiga missions- och etnografilitteraturen tenderade att tolka <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> som beteckningen f\u00f6r en enskild h\u00f6gsta gud, motsvarande den kristna guden. Denna tolkning f\u00f6rst\u00e4rktes av mission\u00e4rernas \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningsarbete, som beh\u00f6vde ett begrepp f\u00f6r den kristna guden.<\/p><p>1900-talets forskning har korrigerat denna bild. Etnografen James R. Walker, som i b\u00f6rjan av 1900-talet arbetade med Lakota-religionsspecialister vid Pine Ridge-reservatet, tecknade en betydligt mer komplex bild.<\/p><p>Enligt Walkers anteckningar, som han sammanst\u00e4llde tillsammans med Lakota-informanter som George Sword, \u00e4r <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> inte ett enskilt v\u00e4sen utan en samlingsbeteckning f\u00f6r en m\u00e5ngfald heliga makter och v\u00e4sen, som samtidigt kan t\u00e4nkas som en enhet. Walkers material talar om olika aspekter eller klasser av det heliga, som tillsammans utg\u00f6r <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em>.<\/p><p>Forskningen diskuterar fortfarande i vilken utstr\u00e4ckning Walkers systematiska framst\u00e4llning verkligen f\u00e5ngar hans informanters f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar, och i vilken utstr\u00e4ckning den skapar en ordning i materialet som inte genomg\u00e5ende fanns d\u00e4r. Klart \u00e4r att en enkel likst\u00e4llning med en monoteistisk gud inte g\u00f6r k\u00e4llorna r\u00e4ttvisa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp2699683a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp2699683a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp28de6a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp28de6a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wakan Tanka under reservatstiden och Lakota-religionens \u00e5teruppvaknande<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp22c559d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp22c559d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp22475154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp22475154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Uppteckningarna om <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> tillkom till stor del under en period av massivt tryck p\u00e5 lakotafolkets religion. Efter nederlaget och f\u00f6rvisningen till reservat f\u00f6rbj\u00f6d den amerikanska regeringen fr\u00e5n 1880-talet centrala ceremonier, d\u00e4ribland soldansen.<\/p><p>Den religi\u00f6sa praktiken ut\u00f6vades delvis i det f\u00f6rdolda. James R. Walkers insamlingsarbete inf\u00f6ll just under denna period, vilket inneb\u00e4r att hans sagesm\u00e4n f\u00f6rmedlade sin kunskap under f\u00f6rf\u00f6ljelsens villkor.<\/p><p>Detta f\u00f6rh\u00e5llande pr\u00e4glar k\u00e4ll\u00e4get. Vissa religi\u00f6sa specialister valde medvetet att f\u00f6ra vidare sin kunskap, eftersom de fruktade att den annars skulle g\u00e5 f\u00f6rlorad. Annat inneh\u00e5ll h\u00f6ll man tillbaka.<\/p><p>Forskningen m\u00e5ste d\u00e4rf\u00f6r r\u00e4kna med att de \u00f6verl\u00e4mnade framst\u00e4llningarna inneh\u00e5ller b\u00e5de luckor och medvetna urval. Till detta kommer inflytandet fr\u00e5n kristendomen, som m\u00e5nga lakotaindianer antog under 1900-talet, delvis vid sidan av den \u00e4ldre traditionen.<\/p><p>Sedan 1970-talet kan man se en tydlig \u00e5teruppblomstring av lakotareligionen, i takt med American Indian Movement och de allm\u00e4nna medborgarr\u00e4ttsr\u00f6relserna f\u00f6r urfolk. Soldansen ut\u00f6vas \u00e5ter offentligt, och begrepp som <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> \u00e4r fasta best\u00e5ndsdelar i religi\u00f6st tal.<\/p><p>Samtidigt f\u00f6rekommer det inom lakotasamh\u00e4llena diskussioner om hur traditionen ska f\u00f6ras vidare och vem som \u00e4r beh\u00f6rig att g\u00f6ra det, samt kritik mot att icke-urfolks esoteriska r\u00f6relser till\u00e4gnar sig begreppen. F\u00f6r den vetenskapliga framst\u00e4llningen inneb\u00e4r detta att <em>Wakan Tanka<\/em> inte \u00e4r ett avslutat historiskt \u00e4mne, utan en levande och delvis omtvistad referenspunkt f\u00f6r dagens lakotaidentitet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-lit e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-lit\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-lith elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-lith\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Litteratur (urval)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-litc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-litc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-litt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-litt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Joseph Epes Brown: <em>The Sacred Pipe<\/em> (1953)<\/li><li>John Neihardt: <em>Black Elk Speaks<\/em> (1932)<\/li><li>James Walker: <em>Lakota Belief and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"En reglerad f\u00f6ljd av symboliska handlingar med religi\u00f6s eller kulturell betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ritual<\/span><\/em> (1980)<\/li><li>Vine Deloria Jr.: <em>God Is Red<\/em> (1973)<\/li><li>Aase Hultkrantz: <em>Belief and Worship in Native North America<\/em> (1981)<\/li><li>Charles Eastman: <em>The Soul of the Indian<\/em> (1911)<\/li><li>George Tinker: <em>American Indian Liberation<\/em> (2008)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-kwd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-kwd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-kwdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-kwdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgw-wakantanka-kwdt elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"iwgw-wakantanka-kwdt\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Relaterade nyckelbegrepp: Wakan Tanka Lakota Sioux Sweat Lodge Sun Dance Black Elk Vision Quest 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