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Visual depiction of Khenipsit

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Khenipsit

Salish giant serpent


an enormous horned serpent dwelling in the depths of a mountain lake, its passage raising waves that capsize canoes and swallow the unwary

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.