“Yana-wana”, the original name for the river and water spirit mother of San Antonio, TX.
1. Part of “White Shaman Rock Shelter Panel”, in Pecos Canyon, South Texas. This prehistoric cave has paintings that are over 4,000 years old. This particular panel is speculated to be a ceremonial map of Texas showing sacred natural sites and peyote pilgrimage routes.
2. The spirals at the right are thought by many indigenous Texans and scholars to reperesent the four sacred springs tza wan pupako (Barton Springs in Austin), ajehuac sohuetiau (Spring Lake in San Marcos), saxōp wan pupako (Comal Springs in New Braunfels), and yana wana (the Blue Hole headwaters of the San Antonio River). (Names in Coahuilteco)
3. Yana wana/Yanaguana aka The Blue Hole in San Antonio, originally recorded to be a bright blue geyser where many nations such as the Coahuilteco, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Jumano and Carrizo Comecrudo among others were said to come to worship and trade. Due to stress on the Edwards Aquafer it has been reduced from a geyser to a small well since the late 1800s.
4. Due to continued stress by Central Texas urban development, the Blue Hole often remains dry, only filling after there are record rains to raise the aquifer’s water level. We still conduct our ceremonies at these sacred water sites to this day.
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