Medicine Wheel
The Lakota people consider the medicine wheel a sacred symbol, representing all the knowledge of the universe.
The outer circle represent the sacred outer boundary of the earth, often referred to as the sacred hoop. The center horizontal and vertical lines represent the sun and man’s sacred paths, respectively. The crossing of the two lines indicates the center of the Earth where one stands when praying.
Each direction is associated with a sacred color. The East represents the sun and its color is yellow. The South is connected with life after dearth and is represented by the color red. Black represents the west where the sun sets, and the color white represents winter’s home, which is in the north.
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