Definition of Katcinas

1. katcina [n] - See also: katcina

Lexicographical Neighbors of Katcinas

katanosin
katanosins
kataphatic
kataphatically
katara
katas
katastases
katastasis
katastate
katastates
katasukashi
katathermometer
katchina
katchinas
katcina
katcinas (current term)
kate
kathak
kathakali
kathakalis
kathaks
katharobe
katharobes
katharobic
katharometer
katharometers
katharses
katharsis
kathenotheism
kathetal

Literary usage of Katcinas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mythology of All Races by John Arnott MacCulloch, Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, Alice Werner (1916)
"GODS AND katcinas In such a frame are set the world-powers venerated by the Pueblo dwellers. These cosmic potencies may be classed in two great categories: ..."

2. The Traditions of the Hopi by Henry R. Voth (1905)
"In these mountains lived many katcinas. Those people sometimes had ... One time some of the katcinas also assembled in their kiva in the mountains, ..."

3. North American [mythology] by Hartley Burr Alexander (1916)
"GODS AND katcinas In such a frame are set the world-powers venerated by the Pueblo dwellers. These cosmic potencies may be classed in two great categories: ..."

4. The Idea of Fertilization in the Culture of the Pueblo Indians by Herman Karl Haeberlin (1916)
"The katcinas of the Hopi are the deified spirits of the ancients who now work for the good of the present generations.1 The usual idea seems to be that the ..."

5. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"These represented the katcinas, spirits who are regarded as intermediaries ... Tiny images of the katcinas are given to the children as dolls in order to ..."

6. Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1900)
"Evidences drawn from the pictography of modern pottery shows that the katcinas were late arrivals at Walpi, and their association with ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"... a matter of fact these Hints, which represent certain mythological personages called katcinas, are only reproduced for a limited number of characters. ..."

8. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1907)
"katcinas, Hopi. — By J. Walter Fewkes. 2i" Annual Report ot the Bureau of ... katcinas, Tusayan. — By J. Walter Fewkes. 15th Annual Report of the Bureau of ..."

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