Pahranagat Valley – Misc.

Pahranagat Valley, Lincoln Valley, Nevada, Rock Art, Petroglyphs, Pahranagat Man, PBA, Hiking, Exploring, Camping, Off Roading, Great Basin Desert
Petroglyph of a Pahranagat man up high on the cliff, between the trees (click to enlarge)

There are very few places I love more than the Pahranagat Valley in Lincoln County, NV.  It’s a very rural location, loaded with natural beauty and lots of prehistoric rock art.  Lincoln County put together some very nice literature on places to explore, complete with GPS waypoints.  This page has some miscellaneous images throughout the area, but I have many site-specific galleries located in the GALLERIES section.

The Pahranagat Valley includes rock art that is unique to this area, which is referred to Pahranagat Man and Paharanagat Patterned Body Anthropomorphs (PBAs).  The PBA is typically thought to be a transformed shaman.  And, Pahranagat Man is thought to be a form of Water Babies in their human-like form.  Water Babies are supernatural spirits and a Numic’s shaman spirit helper.  They’re considered to be immensely powerful beings and dangerous to those that do not have the same power.  Water Babies were feared by non-shamans and were to be avoided.  Per Dr. Richard W. Stoffle:

“[Water Babies are] powerful spiritual beings that are associated with water and volcanic places. They live in flowing water of many kinds including rivers and artesian springs and frequently travel through natural and manmade hydrological systems. Water babies are considered to be female and are often described as around three feet high with  long hair and shell-like skin. The tremendous power of water babies is complex, making them very special spiritual helpers for a shaman (Puha’gant), but also incredibly dangerous for those unable to control the power…their connection to water made them very valuable for rain making activities” 

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