[MD] lila waken

[MarshaV]

Hi Dave,  

You are probably correct, but I thought its use interesting.  I didn't clearly 
understand the reference and that was why I included the text that used it.  


Marsha





On Feb 20, 2011, at 7:25 AM, David Thomas wrote:

> On 2/20/11 5:07 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> He stretched out his hand to touch her, but she was _lila wakan_, more than
>> human,
> 
> I don't think you will find a translation as this is a "Sioux" word.
> There's a convention used by English ghost writers for Indian's of spelling,
> in phonetic English, native words that are concepts that don't have a 'good'
> translations. As in "lila wakan" is "more than human" being , "spirit
> being", "ghost spirit", shaman talk. IMHO it's a bit of a stretch to take a
> Sioux utterance that sounds like  "lila wakan" and try to tie it in to RMP's
> book "Lila." But with an Ouija board anything is possible. "Ouija" being a
> Native American word for "Parker Brothers" evil eyed, forked tongue,
> purveyors of the "green frog skins" game Monopoly. ;-)
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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