Plains Supernatural Beings

30 documented Plains supernatural beings from the Evil Eye grimoire, including 9 greater and 7 lesser in power tier.

Aba (disambiguation / name-form)
Lesser

Aba (disambiguation / name-form)

Aba is a polyvalent name-form attested across many unrelated contexts (place names, personal names, animal names, and brief mythological listings). The provided sources do not support a single, coherent supernatural entity called "Aba" and offer no descriptive or ritual material for such a being.

Angak (Angak'china)
Minor Spirit

Angak (Angak'china)

Angak, or Angak'china, is a male Hopi kachina spirit represented both by spirit dancers in village ceremonies and by carved kachina dolls. He is a rain‑bringing, fertility, healing, and protective figure whose songs and slow dances are intended to bring rain and flowers to Hopi villages.

Anog Ite
Lesser

Anog Ite

In Lakota mythology, Anog Ite is a complex entity associated with emotional pain and chaos. She is punished for attempting to disrupt balance. (Note: 1. Power tier should be revised based on the entity's abilities described in the source material (Primordial=cosmic, Ancient=deity-level, Greater=powerful regional, Lesser=local spirit, Minor Spirit=w)

Canotila
Lesser

Canotila

Canotila (Lakota: čanotila) are small tree‑dwelling forest spirits in Lakota (Sioux) tradition, described as little tree dwellers who function as messengers from the spirit world and are reported to appear to people in dreams.

Devils Tower (Lakota Tradition)
Minor Spirit

Devils Tower (Lakota Tradition)

A spiritual site with significant cultural and historical importance to the Lakota people, considered a 'bear lodge' for vision quests. (Note: * Power tier: should be Primordial (cosmic in scope), as it's a significant and culturally important site for the Lakota people. * Summary: while accurate, it could be more detailed to reflect the cul)

Ghost Shirt (Lakota Tradition)
Greater

Ghost Shirt (Lakota Tradition)

A spiritualized object imbued with powers to protect its wearer from harm or possession by malevolent spirits. (Note: 1. Power tier: Primordial (given its association with spiritual visions from the founder, it's reasonable to assume a higher power level) 2. Abilities: The source material doesn't explicitly mention p)

Gitche Manitou
Ancient

Gitche Manitou

A term from Algonquian-language traditions referring to the 'Great Spirit' or supreme spiritual principle; used both for a highest or collective spiritual force that underlies many individual spirits (manitous) and as a name applied to a creator or giver of life in Anishinaabe contexts.

Great Spirit
Ancient

Great Spirit

A supreme, often-immanent life force or creator-being present in the traditional spiritual beliefs of many Indigenous peoples of what is today Canada and the United States; concepts and names vary by nation and may refer to a single creator, a pervasive sacred power, or a collective of mysterious sacred forces.

Happy Hunting Ground (Lakota Tradition)
Minor Spirit

Happy Hunting Ground (Lakota Tradition)

In the Lakota tradition, the Happy Hunting Ground is a peaceful afterlife realm where the spirits of the deceased live out their lives in happiness and abundance. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial (not Minor Spirit, as it's a cosmic realm) - Summary: Inaccurate - the article describes the Happy Hunting Ground as a peaceful afterlife realm, but doesn't mention its abunda)

Heyókȟa (Heyoka)
Lesser

Heyókȟa (Heyoka)

A sacred contrarian figure and ceremonial role in Lakota and Dakota (Sioux) traditions, the heyókȟa functions as a sanctioned 'sacred clown' whose deliberate inversion of social norms, satire, and ritualized shame help heal emotional pain and test communal values. Cosmologically the role is tied to visions of the thunder beings (Wakíŋyaŋ) and is sometimes represented in myth as a thunder or lightning spirit.

Horned Serpent
Greater

Horned Serpent

A recurring mythic serpent-being attested across multiple cultures, typically depicted as a large horned snake associated with water, storms, fertility/regeneration, and sacred crystalline or iridescent bodily accoutrements that serve as ritual power-objects.

Iktómi
Ancient

Iktómi

Iktómi is a spider-associated trickster and culture-hero in Lakota oral tradition. He functions as teacher, entertainer, corrupter, and origin-figure for cultural arts (stories, language, games), embodying the tension between wisdom and folly in Plains narratives.

Iya
Primordial

Iya

A malevolent storm-monster from Lakota mythology, consuming villages and living beings. (Note: 1. Power tier: Downgrade to Ancient (deity-level) - Iya's abilities are not primordial or cosmic in scale. 2. Origin story: Remove "born from the same cosmic energies as his brother Iktomi" - there is)

Minkah (Lakota)
Minor Spirit

Minkah (Lakota)

No documented Lakota supernatural being named 'Minkah' is present in the supplied source set. The name appears in the provided materials only as the given name of a contemporary individual (Minkah Fitzpatrick); there are no ethnographic, linguistic, or folkloric sources in the corpus that describe a Lakota entity called Minkah.

Mitakuye Oyasin
Greater

Mitakuye Oyasin

Lakota concept reflecting the interconnectedness of all living beings, used in prayers and ceremonies. (Note: - Power tier should be Primordial (as it's a cosmic concept, not deity-level or regional). - No information about appearance, sensory cues, weaknesses, and wards can be found in the source material. -)

Ogopogo (Naitaka / n̓x̌ax̌aitkʷ)
Lesser

Ogopogo (Naitaka / n̓x̌ax̌aitkʷ)

A powerful lake spirit of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia recorded in Syilx/Okanagan and Secwepemc oral traditions and reworked in colonial and popular culture as a lake 'monster' called Ogopogo. Indigenous accounts present the being as a place-tied sacred water spirit that enforces ritual obligations (sacrifice before crossing) and can drown those who refuse; settler/popular accounts emphasize serpentine, hump-backed sightings and wakes.

Pahá Sápa (Black Hills)
Primordial

Pahá Sápa (Black Hills)

Sacred site and geographical feature in the Lakota tradition, comprising an isolated mountain range in western South Dakota. (Note: 1. Power tier: change to Ancient (the entity's formation and spiritual significance in Lakota tradition do not align with Primordial). 2. Appearance: add that the name "Pahá Sápa" translates to "Black)

Skinwalker
Greater

Skinwalker

In Navajo cultural framing, the skinwalker (English label) denotes a harmful witch who can turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. The English term has also been appropriated in contemporary U.S. paranormal and media contexts (notably the named Skinwalker Ranch), where it labels a cluster of anomalous reports distinct from the Navajo witchcraft meaning.

Sky Woman (Anpetu Wakpa)
Ancient

Sky Woman (Anpetu Wakpa)

Sky Woman is referenced in Dakota/Lakota cultural landscape material as a mythic/ancestral figure tied to place-identity and origin narratives. The available source links such figures to Dakota sites (for example the Cannonball–Missouri confluence) but provides no detailed mythology, appearance, or rituals for Sky Woman itself.

Stoneco (Stone people / Rock spirits - lesser-known stone sentinels)
Minor Spirit

Stoneco (Stone people / Rock spirits - lesser-known stone sentinels)

No evidence in the provided sources supports the existence of a Lakota supernatural entity named "Stoneco" or a folkloric tradition of "stone people" or "rock spirits." The materials supplied refer to corporate entities or municipal contractor listings that include the string "Stoneco" or "StoneCo," and an unrelated corporate Wikipedia page; they contain no ethnographic or folkloric information about Lakota stone spirits.

Sun Dance (Lakota tradition)
Greater

Sun Dance (Lakota tradition)

A spiritual practice and ritual ceremony practiced by certain Native American and Indigenous communities in North America, emphasizing personal and community sacrifice to reaffirm beliefs about the world and the supernatural. (Note: 1. Remove "certain" from the summary as it's not specified which communities participate. 2. Power tier should be Primordial as the Sun Dance has a more cosmic significance and isn't necessarily tied )

The Great Race
Primordial

The Great Race

A cosmic event in Lakota creation stories where humans and buffalo competed to establish supremacy, resulting in humans emerging victorious through cunning and strategy. (Note: 1. The power tier should be Primordial instead of Ancient. 2. Add sensory cues: dreams, omens, visions 3. Add weaknesses: loss of trust between humans and buffalo; spiritual disconnection from the nat)

Thunder Butte
Primordial

Thunder Butte

A large, isolated hill with cultural significance in Lakota tradition. (Note: 1. Power tier is likely Greater (powerful regional) rather than Primordial (cosmic), as it has cultural significance but doesn't appear to possess supernatural abilities. 2. Abilities should be explic)

Unk Cekula
Greater

Unk Cekula

Unk Cekula is a serpentoid supernatural creature in Lakota mythology identified as responsible for many unexplained disappearances and deaths; a male counterpart is named Unk Tehi. Sources classify the figure as a mythological serpent within Lakota narrative material and note a possible relation to broader North American 'horned serpent' traditions.

Untunktahe (Lakota Water Spirit)
Greater

Untunktahe (Lakota Water Spirit)

In Lakota mythology, Untunktahe is a water spirit associated with bodies of water. (Note: 1. Power tier: Greater seems inconsistent with "associated with bodies of water", which could imply Lesser or Primordial. 2. Abilities: Not enough information to determine abilities; should be marked )

Vagina dentata
Lesser

Vagina dentata

A widespread folkloric motif in which a woman's sexual organ is described as containing teeth; narratives frame it as a potential danger during sexual intercourse that can injure, emasculate, castrate, or kill men. The motif functions symbolically across cultures as a cautionary narrative about sex, power, and boundary transgression rather than as a single named supernatural creature.

Wakinyan (Lakota Tradition)
Lesser

Wakinyan (Lakota Tradition)

A thunder spirit in Lakota tradition, embodying the raw energy and majesty of nature through its connection to lightning. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial (based on its association with thunder, a cosmic force) - Weaknesses: Not specified in source material; omit or indicate as unknown - Wards: Not mentioned in source material; )

Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka
Ancient

Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka

Lakota term for the Great Sacred or Great Mystery that names the sacred power or quality immanent in all things; sometimes rendered in English as "Great Spirit" but better understood as a pervasive sacredness or, in some historical usages, as a mysterious collective of sacred beings.

Wendigo
Greater

Wendigo

A malevolent spirit or being from Algonquian-language traditions associated with cannibalism, famine, winter, and insatiable greed. Tales describe humans transformed into wendigos or beings that possess humans, serving social and moral functions within affected communities.

Škaŋ (Lakota Superior Spirit)
Greater

Škaŋ (Lakota Superior Spirit)

One of the four Superior Spirits created by Wakáŋ Tȟáŋka to comprise the universe, representing 'Motion' or 'Sky'. (Note: 1. Power tier: Primordial (as it is one of the four fundamental elements created by Wakáŋ Tȟáŋka) 2. Origin story: Corrected wording for Wakáŋ Tȟáŋka, referring to "The Great Spirit" in both cases 3. )