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All Horses are Different:
All birds, even those of the same species, are not alike, and it is the
same with animals and with human beings. The reason WakanTanka does not
make two birds, or animals, or human beings exactly alike is because each is
placed here by WakanTanka to be an independent individuality and to rely upon
itself. Shooter Teton, Sioux |
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The Horse and Human are a Herd of Two:
All things in the
world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two
things, things that are fair and things that are ugly.... We have the right
hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of
kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot
may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two. Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee. |
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The Horse is a Messenger and Teaches the Human:
In the
beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain
animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from
them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn.. all things
tell of Tirawa (God). Eagle Chief (Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee. |
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The TeePee, The Round Pen, The Lunge, Flexion, Join-Up, The Long Ride Away and Back: You have noticed that everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round. . . .The Sky is round, and I have heard that the Earth is round like a ball, and so are all the Stars. Even the Wind whirls as it reaches its greatest power. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Black Elk, Oglala Sioux Holy Man, 1883-1950. |
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Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always return to where they began. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves...(Author Unknown). |
MY HORSE
HIS LEGS ARE QUICK
LIKE LIGHTNING,
HIS BODY IS LIKE AN
EAGLE-FEATHERED ARROW,
HIS TAIL LIKE A
TRAILING BLACK CLOUD,
THE HOLY WIND BLOWS
THROUGH HIS MANE
I AM WEALTHY FROM
My Horse,
I AM EVERLASTING
AND PEACEFUL.
I STAND FOR MY HORSE
*American Indian Song
