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kachina|kəˈtʃiːnə|
Also cachina, katc(h)ina, and with capital initial.
[Hopi qacina supernatural.]
In North American Pueblo Indian mythology, one of the deified ancestral spirits which periodically visit the pueblos, to bring rain, etc. Also in Comb., as kachina dance, a dance performed at annual ceremonies by masked and elaborately costumed men impersonating the kachinas whom they seek to invoke; kachina doll, a doll representing a kachina, given to children at the annual ceremonies by the kachina dancers.
1888S. Wallace Land of Pueblos 47 The cachina dance, which they celebrate at certain seasons of the year. 1907F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 638/1 Kachina. A term applied by the Hopi to ‘supernatural beings impersonated by men wearing masks’. 1910G. W. James Grand Canyon 122 For use in the katchina dances, katchina baskets are made. 1948Seattle Sunday Times (Mag.) 26 Sept. 3/4 The masked dancers who impersonate deities, or katchinas, in the great rain rites and rituals. 1959E. Tunis Indians 126/2 He saw the sacred kachinas, and he was given dolls dressed like them to play with. 1968N. Benchley Welcome to Xanadu ii. 29 Harry was a Hopi Indian, and..he sold silverware and pottery and kachina dolls. 1972Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 June 33/2 The high-voltage transmission towers..march across the desert like giant skeletal Kachinas—Hopi ceremonial figures—carrying the white man's electricity. |