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The Hopi maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries. However, it is difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe. Like the oral traditions of many other societies, Hopi mythology is not always told consistently and each Hopi mesa, or even each village, may have its own version of ...
As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. [11] The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life. In some Abrahamic traditions, the serpent represents sexual desire. [12] According to some interpretations of the Midrash, the serpent represents sexual ...
A kachina ( / kəˈtʃiːnə /; also katchina, katcina, or katsina; Hopi: katsina [kaˈtsʲina], plural katsinim [kaˈtsʲinim]) is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people, Native American cultures located in the south-western part of the United States. In the Pueblo cultures, kachina rites are practiced by the Hopi, Hopi ...
Hamsa. A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa ( Arabic: خمسة, romanized : khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [ 1][ 2][ 3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [ 4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings. [ 5][ 6 ...
Blue Star Kachina. In Frank Waters 's writings on Hopi mythology, the Blue Star Kachina or Saquasohuh, is a kachina or spirit, that will signify the coming of the beginning of the new world by appearing in the form of a blue star. The Blue Star Kachina is said to be the ninth and final sign before the "Day of Purification", described as an ...
Nampeyo in 1901 (on the right) with her eldest daughter, Annie Healing (on the left) holding her granddaughter, Rachel; and mother White Corn (in the middle). Nampeyo died in 1942 at the home of her son Wesley and her daughter-in-law, Cecilia. [6] She was a symbol of the Hopi people and was a leader in the revival of ancient pottery. [22]
Hopi is a concept deeply rooted in the culture's religion, spirituality, and its view of morality and ethics. To be Hopi is to strive toward this concept, which involves a state of total reverence for all things, peace with these things, and life in accordance with the instructions of Maasaw, the Creator or Caretaker of Earth. The Hopi observe ...
Kokopelli and Kokopelli Mana as depicted by the Hopi. Kokopelli ( / ˌkoʊkoʊˈpɛliː / [1]) is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with feathers or antenna -like protrusions on his head), who is venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities ...