The Spider, known by a variety of other names depending on language, is a trickster figure featured in folklore of several Native American peoples of the American Midwest that speak languages of the Siouan language family.
The form "Ictinike" is an anglicization of the Iowa or Omaha language forms of the word.
A knowledgeable hero of Sioux lore and son of the sun god.
Cast out of the heavens for angering his father, he lived a life of mischief and trickery on Earth. But when he tried to trick the beaver, kingfisher, squirrel, and muskrat, who were believed to be the creator gods, he was punished. He also taught the Sioux to fight.
A knowledgeable hero of Sioux lore, son of the sun god.
Cast out of the heavens for angering his father, he lived a life of mischief and trickery on Earth. But when he tried to trick the beaver, kingfisher, squirrel, and muskrat, who were believed to be the creator gods, he was punished. He also taught the Sioux to fight.