- link
between gods and mortals.
According to
Susanne and Jake Page, the
katsinam are "the
spirits of all
things in the universe, of rocks, stars, animals...
- 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...
- In Hopi mythology,
Muyingwa is one of the
kachinas (alternately
spelled Katsinam)
responsible for the
germination of seeds.
Alosaka is
another katchina...
- are seen as the home of the
katsinam or
kachina spirits,
ancestors who have
become clouds following their death.
Katsinam are
invited to Hopi villages...
-
usually feature traditional and
sacred dances. the
dancers are
called "
Katsinam dancers". they are held
outdoors in the
large common areas and courtyards...
- ****ociated with
clouds and with
benevolent supernatural entities called katsinam (the
plural of katsina),
which inhabit the San
Francisco Peaks just north...
-
Among the
Pueblo Indians' (doctoral thesis,
University of New Mexico, 1991)
Rainmakers from the Gods: Hopi
Katsinam,
Peabody Museum online exhibition...
-
supernatural beings of the Hopi, the
Katsinam. The
resulting Codex Hopi, a m****cript of all the
known Hopi
Katsinam, was the
first permanent do****entation...
- kachinam). A Hopi
legend tells of the
close relationship between the two
Katsinam.
While traveling together they
encountered their enemy.
Against an overwhelming...
- corn, then vanished. At Hopi
Patung is a
Mongkatsina (a
chief among the
Katsinam). The
Pumpkin Clan is
devoted to Patung,
although there are few members...
