Chapter IV: ┴ciwere and Winnebago cults 423

Authorities 423
Term “Great Spirit” never heard among the Iowa 423
The sun a wakanta 423
The winds as wakantas 423
The thunder-being a wakanta 424
Subterranean powers 424
Subaquatic powers 424
Animals as wakantas 425
Apotheoses 425
Dwellings of gods 425
Worship 425
Taboos 426
Public or tribal fetiches 427
Symbolic earth formations of the Winnebago 427
Personal fetiches 428
Dancing societies 428
The Otter dancing society 429
The Red Medicine dancing society 429
The Green Corn dance 429
The Buffalo dancing society 429
┴ɔiwere traditions 430
Belief in a future life 430