Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "Angwusnasomtaka" | Hopi | A kachina, a spirit represented by a masked doll (also called a kachina). She is a wuya, one of the chief kachinas and is considered the mother of all the hú and all the kachinas. She led the initiation rites for new children, whipping them with yucca whips. Hopi |
Goddess name "Huruing Wuhti" | Hopi | In the Hopi Indian creation story, they were a pair of women who survived the Great Flood. The Huruing Wuhti were later venerated as mother goddesses, because they gave birth to the Hopi people. |
Goddess name "Kokopell Mana" | S America | Goddess of fertility. Hopi |
Goddess name "Kokopell' Mana" | Hopi / SW USA | A goddess of fertility |
Goddess name "Kokyan" | S America | Creator goddess; she created humans, plants, and animals Hopi |
"Kore or Core" | Hopi | The maiden, a name by which Persephone is often called. Greek |
God name "Masauwu" | Hopi | God of fire, war, death, and the night Hopi |
"Pautiwa" | Hopi | Cloud sender and Sun priest of souls. Hopi |
Goddess name "Ragno" | Hopi | Creation and earth goddess who planted the acorn of life. Hopi |
Monster name "Shita" | Hopi | A large monster who lived somewhere in the west, and used to come to the village of Oraibi to devour children. Often also grown people were eaten by the monster. The people became very much alarmed over the matter, and especially the village chief was very much worried over it. Finally he concluded to ask the Pookonghoyas for åśśistance. Hopi. |
Goddess name "Takus Mana" | Hopi | Fertility goddess. Hopi, USA |
Spirit name "Tcolawitze" | Hopi | Fire spirit Hopi |
Goddess name "Trukwinu Mana" | Hopi | A goddess Rain |