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Visual depiction of Gnaski

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Gnaski

Lakota malicious spirit


a gaunt and dangerous shadow figure haunting the edges of camp at night, his crooked hands spreading sickness and dread

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.