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Visual depiction of Nerrivik

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Nerrivik

Inuit sea mother


a variant of the sea goddess dwelling on the ocean floor, her tangled hair the strands that bind all the sea animals to her will in the deep

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.