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- Weyekin abstract "A weyekin or wyakin /ˈwiːjəkɪn/ is an occult force, and part of Native American spirituality. The word is specific to the Nez Perce language.According to Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, who spent much time researching native spirituality in the Pacific Northwest, the natives believed that everything in the world animals, trees, rocks, etc. possesses a consciousness. These spirits were thought to offer a link to the invisible world of spiritual power. If a person could get one of these spirits to approach and adopt one, then they would provide help in time of need, protect one from harm, lend one their powers and become a personal guardian spirit.McWhorter made it clear that it was a mistake to think of these as gods or deities. They were mediators. The native believed he could invoke them in time of need, much as a Catholic might pray for intercession from a saint. \"With the earth thus infinitely peopled with spirits, the Indian believed that he could invoke them to be peculiarly his own, in the role of guide or protector. This relationship is that which is known as Wyakin.\"Part of the intercession was a loaning to the warrior of specific attributes of his weyekin. \"The deer bestowed fleetness of foot upon the suppliant; the grizzly bear or buffalo bull, strength in battle; the coyote, cunning in approaching enemies; the wolf, excellence both in war and in the hunt; the prairie chicken, ability to hide from danger...the rock wren...to handle the deadly serpent with impunity.\"The natives were very protective of these relationships, believing that they must only be revealed in a time of need. A warrior might tell others before going into battle that he has this ability (such as bullets not hitting him), thanks to his weyekin. He might tell his wife that she needs to do certain things in order to fulfill the dictates of the weyekin and allow her man to succeed.".
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- Weyekin wikiPageWikiLink Category:Nez_Perce_tribe.
- Weyekin wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas.
- Weyekin wikiPageWikiLink Lucullus_Virgil_McWhorter.
- Weyekin wikiPageWikiLink Nez_Perce_people.
- Weyekin wikiPageWikiLink Vision_quest.
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- Weyekin subject Category:Nez_Perce_tribe.
- Weyekin hypernym Force.
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- Weyekin type People.
- Weyekin comment "A weyekin or wyakin /ˈwiːjəkɪn/ is an occult force, and part of Native American spirituality. The word is specific to the Nez Perce language.According to Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, who spent much time researching native spirituality in the Pacific Northwest, the natives believed that everything in the world animals, trees, rocks, etc. possesses a consciousness. These spirits were thought to offer a link to the invisible world of spiritual power.".
- Weyekin label "Weyekin".
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- Weyekin wasDerivedFrom Weyekin?oldid=681546708.
- Weyekin isPrimaryTopicOf Weyekin.