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Visual depiction of Tamayawet

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Vol. II · Polytheism

Tamayawet

Luiseño creator spirit


the earth creator whose body became the earth itself, lying down so the first people could walk upon his form and build their world upon him

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.