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单词 kachina
释义

kachinan.

Brit. /kəˈtʃiːnə/, U.S. /kəˈtʃinə/
Forms: Also cachina, katc(h)ina, and with capital initial.
Etymology: < Hopi qacina supernatural.
In North American Pueblo Indian mythology, one of the deified ancestral spirits which periodically visit the pueblos, to bring rain, etc.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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