Iktomi

Iktomi does not have the power to bypass your will entirely—only to trick you into going along with his own plans.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

But Ksa is honored by laughter, where Iktomi has vowed to humiliate all who laugh at him.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

As I drank the coffee, and wrapped up with Kelly, I wondered how many people Iktomi had gained power over through disease.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

Maybe I let Iktomi blind me to any possible answers—since I was the one responsible for the debt if the clinic went under.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

I found what she was saying startling, for the spirit she described was completely in line with the evil spirit Iktomi—a being in the Lakota pantheon somewhat parallel to the Christian devil.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

But Ksa is honored by laughter, where Iktomi has vowed to humiliate all who laugh at him.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

Maybe I let Iktomi blind me to any possible answers—since I was the one responsible for the debt if the clinic went under.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

A success, for Iktomi, would be getting a woman like Kelly to accept the idea that she deserved no better than an alcoholic husband, or getting a man like Ted to believe that misery was all he could expect from life.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

Iktomi does not have the power to bypass your will entirely—only to trick you into going along with his own plans.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997

A success, for Iktomi, would be getting a woman like Kelly to accept the idea that she deserved no better than an alcoholic husband, or getting a man like Ted to believe that misery was all he could expect from life.

Coyote Medicine M.D. Lewis Mebl-Madrona 1997