Compare Black Elk Speaks to Ikto Conquers Iya, the Eater

The story Ikto Conquers Iya, the Eater is about two brother spirits, or supernatural entities, in the story Ikto comes across his younger brother Iya on his way to devour another tribal village. Ikto then has an idea to save this village, when Iya sleeps Ikto sees in Iya's belly all the villages he has eaten living in Iya and Ikto comes up with a plan to save them as well. When the duo is nearing the village Ikto asks Iya what he fears most which for Iya as the sounds of rattle, drums, and owls hooting. So, As they get closer to the village Ikto says he will go on a had when he arrives at the village before Iya he warns the villagers and rallies them to go attack Iya with drum and rattles. They sneak up on Iya and charge him and kill him and for the next day they release all the villages trapped with in him. And that is how the people moved to the continent, form what I understand. In Black Elk Speaks the leaders of the tribes have a vision and are told to preform a ghost dance with red paint and two eagle feathers. Once they have completed this ghost dance the two eagle feather were said to show the tribe they way to being all their people together, in this way Black Elk Speaks in similar to Ikto Conquers Iya, the Eater as at the end of Ikto vs. Iya all the tribes are brought together as well.