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Translations Of Texts. Sicun

Sicun.

(As explained by One-star, July 8th, 1897 and interpreted by Elmer Red-eyes.)

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\"Sicun" is like a spirit. It is the "ton-ton sni", that is, it is immortal and cannot die. A Lakota may have many "Sicunpi", but he always has one. It is "Wakan", that is, it is like "Wakan Tanka". It may be the spirit of anything. A Shaman puts the spirit in a "Sicun". The Bear taught the shamans how to do this. A Lakota should know the songs and if he sings them his sicun will do as he wishes. One "Sicun" may be more powerful than another. The "Sicun" may be of the Great Spirit. If it is opposed by

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the "Sicun" of herbs it is the most powerful. The "Sicun" of a good spirit is more powerful than the "Sicun" of a bad spirit. The power of sweetgrass is always the spirit of the spirit that is with the south wind. This is always pleasing to the good spirits. The bad spirits do not like the smoke of the sweetgrass. The smoke of sage will drive bad spirits away. A medicineman knows the songs of his medicines and they are his "Sicun". The "Sicun" that has the power of the spirit should be colored. Red is the color of the sun; blue, the color of the moving spirit; green the color of the spirit of the earth; and yellow is the color of the spirit of the rock. These colors are also for other spirits. Blue is the color of the wind; red is the color of all spirits. The colors are the same for the friends of the Great Spirits. Black is the color of the bad spirits. A man who paints red is pleasing to the spirits. A "Sicun" is a man's spirit. A man's real spirit is different from his "Sicun" spirit. "Ni" is also like a spirit. It is a man's breath. It is the spirit of smoke. It is the spirit of steam. It is the spirit of the sweatlodge. It purifies the body. The bear taught these things to the shamans.
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