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Visual depiction of Poqanghoya

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Poqanghoya

Hopi directional guardian


one of the twin grandsons of Spider Grandmother standing watch at the northern axis of the world, keeping all balanced and still

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.