Kachina Definition

kə-chēnə
kachinas
noun
In Pueblo folklore, a beneficent spirit, either a minor deity or the spirit of an ancestor.
Webster's New World
A male dancer impersonating such a spirit.
Webster's New World
The mask worn by the dancer.
Webster's New World
A small, wooden doll representing such a spirit.
Webster's New World

A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).

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Other Word Forms of Kachina

Noun

Singular:
kachina
Plural:
kachinas

Origin of Kachina

  • Hopi katsina supernatural being, masked impersonator of a supernatural being

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hopi qatsina.

    From Wiktionary

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