The Plains Cree Quotes

“This [life] force was present in all living things and was called ahtca-k, which we may translate as "soul." The soul entered the body at birth and left at death . . . After death, the soul wandered about aimlessly for four days, then traversed the Milky Way, and entered the land of the dead . . . all lived a carefree life.”
― David G. Mandelbaum, The Plains Cree: An Ethnographic, Historical, & Comparative Study