Katsina tihu (Kokopol), probably late 19th century, Brooklyn Museum
Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act as messengers between humans and the spirit world.[1]
These figures are still made and used within the Hopi community, while other katsina figures are carved and sold as artworks to the public. Other Pueblo peoples and later Navajo sculptors carve figures similar to katsina tihu as artworks.
Katsina is anglicized as kachina. Plurals are katsinam or kachinas.
Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people...
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Park that is run by Xanterra Parks & Resorts. It is named after a HopiKachinafigure said to watch over the Grand Canyon. Maswik Lodge is located about...
400 different kachinas in Hopi and Pueblo culture. The local pantheon of kachinas varies in each pueblo community; there may be kachinas for the sun, stars...
representations of the figure. As with most kachinas, the Hopi Kokopelli was often represented by a human dancer. A similar humpbacked figure is found in artifacts...
In Hopi mythology, Angak or Angak'china is a male Hopikachina spirit, represented by spirit dancers and a corresponding kachina doll figure, known to...
Cavendish. 2005. p. 447. ISBN 9780761475637. "KOKYANGWUTI - the Hopi Goddess of Creation (Hopi mythology)". Godchecker - Your Guide to the Gods. Armitage,...
political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room...
works. The Kachina paintings likewise make reference to unconventional media: the kachina dolls made by the Native America Hopi tribe. The kachina doll, writes...
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spirits. HopiKachina dolls are effigies made of cottonwood that embody the characteristics of the ceremonial Kachina, the masked spirits of the Hopi Native...
rituals Hú, a kachina in Hopi mythology Adir Hu, a hymn sung at the Passover Seder Hu Gadarn (or Hu the Mighty), a Welsh legendary figure HU, a mantra...
Catholicism, Fray Alonso de Posada (in New Mexico 1656–1665) outlawed Kachina dances by the Pueblo people and ordered the missionaries to seize and burn...
learns a meeting is set up for transfer of the drugs during a private Hopikachina ceremony. She wants revenge, or justice, for her brother's death. Revenge...
In Hopi mythology, Muyingwa is one of the kachinas (alternately spelled Katsinam) responsible for the germination of seeds. Alosaka is another katchina...
with details about the famous Hopi snake dance, as well as introducing him to Hopi people and giving him access to sacred Hopi ceremonies and photographic...
Giant Ogre kachina, one of the Hopi spirit beings. There are numerous Hopi stories and legends about him. These date from the time of the Hopi migrations...
Dixon's issues, which featured Hopi villains who used kachina-themed costumes and weapons, drew substantial complaints from Hopi representatives, leading Marvel...
rain-making. Kachina images appeared in murals in kivas, pictographs and petroglyphs. The Kachina religion was foundational for modern Zuni and Hopi people...
James, Susan E (Winter 2000). "Some Aspects of the Aztec Religion in the HopiKachina Cult". Journal of the Southwest. 42 (4). Tucson: University of Arizona...
powers on those whom he favors Angak, a Hopikachina spirit, represents a healing and protective male figure. Eir, goddess associated with medical skill...
Publications. p. 919. ISBN 978-0-486-26759-3. Hodge, Gene Meany (1993). Kachina Tales from the Indian Pueblos. Santa Fe: Sunstone Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-86534-184-5...
complexity equal to the Plains sub-area. He cites the Kachina dance songs as the most complex songs and Hopi and Zuni material as the most complex of the Pueblo...
lore has Coyote bringing winter into the world by stealing light from the kachinas. The Chinook, Maidu, Pawnee, Tohono O'odham, and Ute portray the coyote...
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