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The History of God
FIELD No. A619
Visual depiction of Whope

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

Vol. II · Polytheism

Whope

Lakota White Buffalo Calf Woman

a radiant figure emerging from a cloud of sacred smoke carrying the sacred pipe to warriors gathered on the plain

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.

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Aba Binni'li'

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Masauwu

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 Visual depiction of Wasgo

Wasgo

Native American

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