# Old Indian Legends — Character guide

> Key figures in Old Indian Legends by Zitkála-Šá.

- [Iktomi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/iktomi.md): Iktomi lives alone in a cone-shaped wigwam, dressed finer than any Dakota brave yet friendless, since his conceit and heartless laughter drive away everyone who admires his fringed leggins. Hungry and scheming, he bundle
- [Manštin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/manstin.md): Manštin moves through the plains as a noted hunter and self-declared friend to the Dakotas, quick with a bow and quicker to act when a child is in danger. After slaying Double-Face, he wins the parents' trust and then pe
- [The Stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_stranger.md): The stranger appears on the winding footpath just as the ducks' dance reaches its height, staggering under a bundle too large for his frame and propped up by a willow cane. When the curious drummers beg him to stop and s
- [Patkaša](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/patkasa.md): A character mentioned in the stories, likely a spirit or animal figure.
- [The Ducks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_ducks_iktomi.md): Ducks that interact with Iktomi in a tale about trickery.
- [The Fish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_fish.md): A fish character that appears in a story, possibly as a victim of trickery.
- [The Dragonfly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_dragonfly.md): A dragonfly character that appears in a narrative role.
- [The Turtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_turtle.md): A turtle character that appears in a story, often as a slow but wise figure.
- [Iya](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/iya.md): Iya belongs to the older, hungrier layer of Lakota storytelling, a giant whose appetite is aimed at whole camps rather than single wanderers. Where Iktomi's mischief is petty and comic, Iya's presence raises the stakes t
- [Grandfather](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/grandfather.md): An elder character who appears in some tales as a wise figure.
- [Han](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/han.md): A character mentioned in the stories, possibly a spirit or animal.
- [Inyan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/inyan.md): A rock or stone spirit from Lakota mythology.
- [The Grasshopper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_grasshopper.md): A grasshopper character that appears in a story.
- [The Dakotas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/the_dakotas.md): The Dakota people, referenced as a group in the stories.
- [Dakota](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/old_indian_legends_se/characters/dakota.md): A character or personification of the Dakota people.

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