Kachina dolls :: their meanings and traits
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Eagle - Represents strength & power. He is the ruler of the sky and the messenger to the heavens.
Hoop Dancer - Amuses the audience of a major ceremony. The rings represent the circle of life.
Hemis - A beautiful Kachina which represents happiness of a successful harvest.
Wolf - Hunter, uses his knowledge to find and capture game animals.
Ogre - White Ogre represents good. Black ogre threatens small children who are naughty.
Bear - Represents great power to cure the sick.
Owl - Beneficial to agriculture because of his destruction to rodents. Symbolizes intelligence & wisdom.
Deer - Dances to increase his kind for plenty to eat for the future.
Bean - Dances for a plentiful crop of beans.
Ram - Much like all game animals, dances for increase of its kind and has power over the rain.
Snow - Brings snow and cold weather essential to the growth of crops.
Badger - Cures the sick, prayers for the growth of healing herbs are given to him.
Priest Killer - He is referred to by the non-Hopi people as the Priest Killer because he carried out the beheading of the priest during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The pueblo Inidans of New Mexico and Arizona revolted against the Catholic Church in order to retain and have the freedom of practicing their own religion.
Lizard - Fighting Kachina, brings sweethearts together.
Chief - Ancient Kachina, represents great power of knowledge.
Old Man - Grandfather Kachina, sings songs for a successful growing season.
Spotted Corn - Aides in the pollination and production of corn for ceremonies and other use.
Crow Mother - Watches over children as they play.
Corn Maiden - Said to purify the women who grind the corn for ceremonies and other use.
Road Runner - Assists in bringing rain, also wards off witchcraft to protect homes.
Hummingbird - Appears often as a runner, brilliant impersonate.
Morning Singer - Appears on roof tops and sing songs to wake the people of the villages.
Santo Domingo - Blesses the seed for a good harvest.
Medicine Man - Mixes herbs and roots to give advice, prevents & cures sickness.
Buffalo Warrior & Wolf Warrior -- Assures that there will be adequate food for the winter.
Zuni Rain Priest - Accompanies the Shalako to bring rain.
Red Tail Hawk - Rarely seen, serves many important purposes.
White Cloud - Represents the clouds in the sky, brings moisture for crops.
Buffalo - Most powerful amongst Kachinas, can kill any evil thoughts, great spiritual protector.
Hototo - Preparer of food, most respected of the war Kachinas.
Warrior - Serves as a policeman, important war Kachina.
Antelope - Dance to increase numbers, brings rain.
Shalako - Most magnificent, towers seven or eight feet, usually appears with its mate.
Mudhead - Well known Kachina, acts as a clown.
Paralyzed - Carried by a friend who was blind, together they
were able to hunt and travel.
Butterfly - Represents the butterfly that lands on flowers, then the
medicine man uses these in his medicine.
Rainbow - Represents peace and harmony amongst tribes.
1st Mesa - Passage way to other mesas.
Kokopelli - Hunched back flute player, fertility god, seducer of young girls, baby-maker. He carries a bag of presents to distribute to the women he seduces.
Sunface - Represents warmth, shelter for the old, bright future, and playfulness for the young.
Broadface - Carries yucca whips to enforce community cleaning.
Left-Hand - Reversed Kachina, does everything in opposite.
Navajo Kachina - Represents the Navajo Tribe as viewed by other tribes in the Southwest.
Chasing Star - Symbolizes the planets and the stars.
Snake Dancer - Sends message with the snake to ask the Gods to bring rain.
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Within Hopi religion, the kachinas are said to live on the San Francisco Peaks near Flagstaff, Arizona. The most important Hopi kachinas are called wuya.
Among the Hopi, kachina dolls are traditionally carved by the uncles and given to uninitiated girls at the Bean Dance (Spring Bean Planting Ceremony) and Home Dance Ceremony in the summer. The function of the dolls is to acquaint children with some of the many kachinas.
In Hopi the word is often used to represent the spiritual beings themselves, the dolls, or the people who dress as kachinas for ceremonial dances, which are understood to all embody aspects of the same belief system. Among other uses, the kachinas represent historical events and things in nature, and are used to educate children in the ways of life.
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It definitely helps me to do my homework for school! Thanks!
Found two in a thrift store. Peace brother 😊
I’m mostly scared of the chillie man😂
2:51 LOL. A Kachina getting ready to make a Kachina that is great!!
do you know what that kachina is called? and what does he do??
It’s Kachinaception! (Sorry, I had to.)
@@diptonsauce1985 He's a Koyemsi
@@diptonsauce1985 koyempsi, mudhead, they represent how we were once ants in the early times when the world was created
@@blubbie9646 thanks!
This makes me miss home:((
Nicey man:)
More info on the subject please?
nice
what is the name of this chant?
Im pretty late, Im sorry its “Surrender”
I go to flag staff to see them dance I saw the log hair machines
priscilla bilagody
Great place. I went to school there. Lot of Navaho and Hopi there.
I went there they r very secret my sister boyfriend is Hopi
it seems like they met vikings
they are not vikings
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the celestial is what you are seeing in common I bet...the elements,stars,planets patterns and angles are present in all wisdoms and sacred art imho like seidr...Hopi is a league of their own tho.
They did . Vikings came before C Columbus
Don't think the hopi met the vikings