Desert Hawk Books

The Sons of the Wind
The Sacred Stories of the Lakota

Edited by
D. M. Dooling

 

 

160  pages
5 3/8" x 8"
Paperback

Quantity:   $11.95 & S/H

 

The Sons of the Wind presents the mythology and sacred spirits of the Lakota. Based on information given to Dr. James Walker a century ago by Lakota Holy Men, this compilation includes the cycle of creation, the appearance of spirits and animals, the making of the four directions, and the coming of the Real People.

"The Sons of the Wind is completely engaging throughout, and is an important reflection of those wonderful celebrations of the spirit in story which inform the American Indian oral tradition."-N. Scott Momaday

"The Sons of the Wind makes clear the marvelous range and subtlety of the Lakota imagination. D.M. Dooling's faithful version of this origin myth is splendid work. It unfolds like a fine novel."-Barry Lopez

"A brilliant evocation of the whole panoply of the Lakota's Sacred Beings."-Library Journal

D.M. Dooling was founder and editorial director of Parabola Magazine and president of the Society for the Study of Myth and Tradition. She was the editor of A Way of Working: The Spiritual Dimension of Craft and coeditor of I Become Part of It: Sacred Dimensions in Native American Life.