wakan

noun

wa·​kan

wäˈkän

variants or wakanda

-ndə

or wakon

wäˈkän

or wakonda

-ndə

plural -s

: a supernatural force similar to mana believed by the Sioux to pervade animate and inanimate objects in varying degrees sometimes giving them extraordinary powers and usually assumed to be the cause of extraordinary happenings

the eagle has wakan, because it can soar higher than any other bird and for a longer time

—W. D. Wallis

Word History

Etymology

Siouan

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