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Visual depiction of Dagwanoenyent

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

Vol. II · Polytheism

Dagwanoenyent

Iroquois whirlwind spirit


a spinning female figure of terrifying power whose touch tears up trees and scatters longhouses like leaves across the valley floor

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.