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Visual depiction of Inyan

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

Vol. II · Polytheism

Inyan

Lakota primordial rock creator


an ancient stone spirit bleeding his own blood to form the waters of the world, veins of power crackling through living stone

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.