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"The Kachina, or rain deity, stands at the center of the Pueblo Indian religious experience. In the Pueblo belief, the kachina is responsible for the tribe's very survival, for without his intervention the crops will not grow, the cisterns will not be filled, the rivers will not flow." "In Kachinas in the Pueblo World, fourteen noted scholars, among them Fred Eggan, J. J. Brody, and Dennis Tedlock, examine the role of the kachina in the cultures of...
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The Hopi kachina season features the kachina dolls. Each kachina has it's own characteristics such as personality, call or hoot, costume, song style, and set of body movements that can be identified easily. Most are considered benevolent friends; some are funny, but others are ogres and monsters who come to threaten children. This book describes the kachinas featured in the ceremonial year.