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Visual depiction of Nanook

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Nanook

Inuit polar bear master


the spirit master of polar bears granting hunters success in exchange for respectful treatment of the bears they kill and consume on the ice

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.