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 |
"Iemaparu" | Pueblo / Kachina? | corn mother |
Spirit name "Kachina" | Pueblo Indians | Ancestor spirits and the souls of virtuous dead people. Pueblo Indians |