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The History of God
FIELD No. 14C4
Visual depiction of Akhlut

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. II · Polytheism

Akhlut

Inuit wolf-whale shapeshifter

the terrifying spirit transforming from killer whale to wolf to hunt on land, its massive paw prints leading from the frozen sea to the snow

Organization
Native American Spiritual Traditions
Time period
ancient – present
Location
North & South America

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Native American has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

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Hanwi

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