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Visual depiction of Viracocha

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Vol. II · Polytheism · primordial

Viracocha

Inca creator deity


the great sea-foam god walking across the Andes and Lake Titicaca speaking people and animals into existence, then disappearing into the western sea

Organization
Native American Spiritual Traditions
Time period
ancient – present
Location
North & South America
Archetype
primordial

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.