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Two Symbols of the Image of God: Christ and White Buffalo Calf Woman

I had a thought the other day about two dominant religious/cultural symbols and how they represent the current state of their respective cultures in this country. In America’s Christianity the dominant symbol, is Jesus the Christ, obviously. This cultural religion is largely devoid of information regarding the other half of the image of God (the divine woman). We have the image of Christ, who came down in the name of the Father and performed His Father’s works. The image of this Son of God and knowledge of His works and instructions are largely missing in the surviving Native American traditions; however, a remembrance of the divine woman (in various forms depending on each tribe) and the tradition of listening to wisdom exists here where it does not in Christianity. These two symbols [Christ as a symbol of His Father, a divine man, and White Buffalo Calf Woman (or Corn Mother, or Sky Woman, etc), a divine woman] metaphorically represent two parts of the image of God in two specific