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The History of God
FIELD No. 9436
Visual depiction of Salmon Boy

Hover to play loop & narration. Visual depiction; cultural attribution in the metadata below.

Vol. II · Polytheism

Salmon Boy

Pacific Northwest salmon spirit hero

a boy transformed into a salmon swimming upriver with the salmon run, his human eyes watching from beneath the cold water

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.

Cross-references — same archetype or region

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Ahayuta

Native American

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Frog Woman

Native American

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Messou

Native American

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Sila

Native American

 Visual depiction of White Painted Woman

White Painted Woman

Native American

 Visual depiction of Camazotz

Camazotz

Native American