Kssa

In Sioux mythology, Kssa is the Spirit of knowledge and wisdom. He invented language, stories, names, games, and the first lodge, in which fire from Wi was placed at the center. One story about Iktomi mentions that Iktomi was Kssa, but was stripped of his title for his trouble-making ways. The Oglala Lakota believe that Iktomi was the second manifestation, or degeneration, of Ksa, who hatched from the cosmic egg laid by Wakíŋyaŋ.