Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

The connections to Dhegihan cosmology are facilitated by the emphasis on representation of spirits through human form. The transformation to and from an animal or cultural object and a human form is recounted many times in Dhegiha and Chiwere mythology.