"from Black Elk Speaks: III. The Great Vision" by Neihardt.

From Black elk Speaks: III. The Great Vision

By John G. Neihardt

The story is wholeness of a great holy man, Black elk. At a young age, he falls ill, and is near death when he has a visual sensation involving his ancestors (Grandfathers). He becomes a repossesser of, non only the individual, but of a whole group. His powers, given to him by his Grandfathers, allowed him to heal those who were sick, give social order and public policies for tribes, nations, people, and so on However, this story is about more than just Black Elk, the holy man; it is also the story of people and nations, especially the Lakota-Dakota-Nakota Sioux nations.

Black Elk was called to holiness through his vision from the other world, and this gave him great powers to heal sick and suffering people and nations. His vision is described in a most beautiful and picturesque manner. Black Elks vision includes many different varieties of horses which is interesting because they are a exemplification of being free, beautiful, wild creatures - something to be admired from afar. There were quartette sets of horses defined most particularly by their wile and style: 12 black horses (West), 12 white horses (North), 12 rozelle horses (East), and 12 buckskin horses (South).



I feel as though the color of horses could also be a racial representation because on that point are white and black horses - a representation of dickens commonly known races, then sorrel (a brownish, yellowish, reddish color) which could be those of either Hispanic or Indian descent, and Buckskin (yellowish color) which may be those of Chinese origin. This is a way of showing Black Elk the variety of nations he must help.

Something that I took, personally, from this vision is how unyielding it is. I cannot begin to fathom...

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