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PresentationKatsina.pptxHopi Kachina Tradition
Following the Sun and Moon
Alph H. Secakuku and the Heard Museum
1995
Walpi, one of the Hopi villages on First Mesa
Ahöla or Ahölwutaqa
Elderly, wise chief
Ewtoto, spiritual father and Áholi, his assistant
Muyingwa, Germination god
Motsinkatsinam carry out public order
Nata’aska, a Bigmouth Ogre,appears in pairs
Palhikmana is a maiden with several functions
Poliimana is a butterfly maiden who appears
with Poliitaqa, a butterfly man
Kawaykatsinam is a horse katsina.
His songs and prayers are for rain and green pastures for animals
Tokotsi or Tokotskatsina is a Wildcat katsina
Kokopölö is a humpback katsina fertility spirit being
Manang’yakatsina is a chameleon katsina
Tsa’kwynakatsina is a warrior and represents cold moisture
Malatsvetaqa is a Handprint Racer katsina
Marawkatsinam represent moisture and are messengers to the rain gods
Tseveyo is an Ogre katsina whose function is that of a disciplinarian
