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Visual depiction of Kiehtan

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Kiehtan

Penobscot creator deity


the great southwest wind deity who created humanity and gave corn to the people, now dwelling at the world's edge to receive the grateful dead

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.