K Ko-Sahn Mystique: Ko-sahn is the type of name that evokes the "sacred power of storytelling at its best -- the verbal repetition of names that are able to call into being an entire tradition. It involves a collective remembering or anamnesis that makes the listener immediately present to the past in all of its fullness."21 Origins: Ko-sahn is the name of Kiowa Indian origin. While seeking out his Kiowa heritage, author N. Scott Momady met a one-hundred-year-old seer named Ko-sahn in Oklahoma, and as he wrote The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) he realized that Ko-sahn had a full existence within his imagination. In Literature: • "My eyes fell upon the name Ko-sahn. And all at once everything seemed suddenly to refer to that name. The name seemed to humanize the whole complexity of language. All at once, absolutely, I had the sense of the magic of words and of names. Ko-sahn, I said, and I said again ko-sahn. Then it was that that ancient, one-eyed woman Ko-sahn stepped out of the language and stood before me on the page. I was amazed." -- N. Scott Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969) Kraalax-Heeroz In Literature: • "The mirror was blank. 'Kraalax-Heeroz,' she chanted quickly. The image returned." -- Douglas Niles, Black Wizards (2004) Kron-Zhig (see perciphedron) Kum Kunka Yali, Kum Buba Tambe Origins: This magic phrase originated in African folklore. Common Magician's Applications: Levitation 21 Belden C. Lane, Landscapes of the Sacred (1988)