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xsuicidaldemonx on July 29, 2006Hello lktemi, my name is Dante and I was wondering if you would be intrested in being our group A Darkened City Of The Morbid Minded? It's home to dark poets and outcasts.
We'd really appreciate it if you join our home of dard souls.
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jh64 on May 7, 2006I am a refugee from Minnesota the beautiful lakes and summer just couldn't make up for those dang winters...lol Int'l. Falls was where I was born heard of it ?
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The Burning Year on October 13, 2005wow..you are a very intelligent person it seems..and i would like to thank you for taking your time to comment my stuff..because you inspired me..in some way to try even harder..and push a little further and reach into my soul to grasp hold of things i kept locked away and write about them..so thank you again..even if the rest of that meant nothing at all to you..hehe..bye bye!!
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Iktomi on August 2, 2005hehe you hit the nail on the head.
I chose the name Iktomi because it means "spider" and I am very interested in spiders, especially their mythology. I used to live in South Dakota when I was a small child and my family had a few Lakota friends. My mom helped a friend who discovered an Arikara archeology site near where we lived, and I used to go there and play near the teepee rings and pretend I knew the ancient people that used to call it home.
I have heard various interpretations of the character Iktomi- from a malicious villain to a mischievious prankster. I use spider imagery and symbology very heavily in my poetry. Two of my poems (at least) are about spiders exclusively, but there are many spiderwebs woven in various different poems. -
CarolDesjarlais on August 2, 2005I know now why your nickname intrigued me. I had to dig into memories of my childhood with the Blackfoot.
Iktomi tries to trick other animals into getting food for him. ... A Blackfoot
legend about the origin of tipis (storm-maker and the First Man and Woman.
Lakota trickster - Dakota trickster Iktomi
Iktomi means "spider" in the Sioux or Lakota language. ... The Crow call this
character Old Man Coyote, the Blackfoot call him Napi or Old Man
Mohawk - Iktomi is a spider fairy. He wears brown deerskin leggins
with long soft fringes on either side, and tiny beaded moccasins on
his feet. His long black hair is parted in the middle and wrapped
with red, red bands. Each round braid hangs over a small brown ear
and falls forward over his shoulders.
He even paints his funny face with red and yellow, and draws
big black rings around his eyes. He wears a deerskin jacket, with
bright colored beads sewed tightly on it. Iktomi dresses like a
real Dakota brave. In truth, his paint and deerskins are the best
part of him--if ever dress is part of man or fairy.
Iktomi is a wily fellow. His hands are always kept in
mischief. He prefers to spread a snare rather than to earn the
smallest thing with honest hunting. Why! he laughs outright with
wide open mouth when some simple folk are caught in a trap, sure
and fast.
He never dreams another lives so bright as he. Often his own
conceit leads him hard against the common sense of simpler people.
Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp.
Check google fo meanings and languages this word applies too. -
xkarlyx on April 20, 2005hey thanks your critique was great to hear and it helps and is appreciated
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Iktomi on January 29, 2005because it was good!
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LoversBlackRose on January 17, 2005Thanks for applauding my poem.I don't know why you did.But thanks.
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J Rhys Davies on January 16, 2005Hi-ya Iktomi!
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