mihdeke
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Mandan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mihdäckä
Etymology[edit]
From mihe (“woman”) (alternative orthography: mih-ha); numank (“man”).
Noun[edit]
mihdeke
- a male-bodied "two-spirit" person who typically held ceremonial rights and bundles associated with women
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Will Roscoe Living the Spirit
- Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men: [among] the Mandan, [...] fathers typically sold such [ceremonial] bundles to "berdache" sons. [... ...] Mandan fathers used to thrash their sons on account of the latter's feminine inclinations [...]
- Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language