The house of books · lekhikànikaon
Lekhikàn
The sacred books of Mikumwakàn
The nine books
- 1Uwatuwakàn Lekhikànthe book of the knowingThe Faith of Mikumwakàn
- 2Nishkàhënawe dance togetherThe Covenant of Alignment
- 3Nuhàm Lekhikànthe book of the grandmothersThe Charter of the Nuhàm Circle
- 4Gata LapèmkwësiI want to be usefulThe Facilitator Charter
- 5NteluwensiI am calledThe Rite of Anointing
- 6Òngùndëwakàn Lekhikànthe book of the empowering intentionThe Ceremonial Book of Mikumwakàn
- 7Kishux òk Aquechquethe moon and the sunThe Sacred Calendar of Mikumwakàn
- 8Kilùna Lekhikànthe book of weThe Record of Mikumwakàn
- 9Moabe Aptunakanathe words of MoabeThe Moabe to English Dictionary
Why a book is called lekhikàn
In Lenape, lekhikàn means a book: that which is written, from the root for writing. A library is lekhikànikaon, the house of books. Other peoples name their sacred books by the same idea of writing or of the material that holds it: scripture rises from the Latin scribere, to write; bible from the Greek biblia, books, after the papyrus of Byblos; codex from the Latin for a block of wood, a tree carrying the word. Moabe calls its sacred books lekhikàn, and its dictionary aptunakana, the words.