单词 | kachina |
释义 | kachinan. In North American Pueblo Indian mythology, one of the deified ancestral spirits which periodically visit the pueblos, to bring rain, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > North American Indian > other deities Great Spirit1703 kachina1888 1888 [see kachina dance n. at Compounds]. 1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 638/1 Kachina. A term applied by the Hopi to ‘supernatural beings impersonated by men wearing masks’. 1948 Seattle Sunday Times 26 Sept. (Mag.) 3/4 The masked dancers who impersonate deities, or katchinas, in the great rain rites and rituals. 1959 E. Tunis Indians 126/2 He saw the sacred kachinas, and he was given dolls dressed like them to play with. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 3 June 33/2 The high-voltage transmission towers..march across the desert like giant skeletal Kachinas—Hopi ceremonial figures—carrying the white man's electricity. Compounds kachina dance n. a dance performed at annual ceremonies by masked and elaborately costumed men impersonating the kachinas whom they seek to invoke. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > dance > [noun] canticoy1670 snake dance1772 ritual dance1805 cyclic chorus1846 sun dance1849 Ghost Dance1876 kagura1884 kachina dance1888 Ghost Dancing1890 tripudium1909 ring-shout1926 trance dance1935 Shango1941 1888 S. Wallace Land of Pueblos 47 The cachina dance, which they celebrate at certain seasons of the year. 1910 G. W. James Grand Canyon 122 For use in the katchina dances, katchina baskets are made. kachina doll n. a doll representing a kachina, given to children at the annual ceremonies by the kachina dancers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > [noun] > other dolls aglet babya1616 Flanders baby1782 wax doll1786 Flanders doll1801 paper doll1843 golliwog1895 Jumeau1897 voodoo doll1906 kewpie1909 Barbie1959 Barbie doll1961 Gonk1964 Ookpik1964 Action Man1966 kachina doll1968 1968 N. Benchley Welcome to Xanadu ii. 29 Harry was a Hopi Indian, and..he sold silverware and pottery and kachina dolls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1888 |
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