Associations to the word «Kachina»
Noun
- Pueblo
- Doll
- Clown
- Navajo
- Mask
- Initiation
- Ritual
- Costume
- Dancer
- Carver
- Ceremony
- Carving
- Mythology
- Symbolism
- Dance
- Jewelry
- Ibid
- Southwest
- Underworld
- Spirit
- Kinship
- Wilderness
- Arizona
- Mesa
- Cult
- Feather
- Rain
- Emergence
- Ancestor
- Peak
- Plaza
- Prophecy
- Calendar
- Manifestation
- Corn
- Quest
- Crop
- Northwest
- Narrative
- Reservation
- Flute
- Bean
- Rite
- Dancing
- Clan
- Cloud
- Society
- Tribe
- Tradition
- Figure
- Belief
- Dead
- Prayer
- Legend
- Snake
- Neil
- Bow
- Deity
- Religion
- Village
- Celebration
- Stick
- Southeast
- Wear
- Medicine
- Gift
- Photo
- Spring
- Hunting
- Francisco
- Winter
- Sr
- Indian
- Offering
- Concept
Adjective
Wiktionary
KACHINA, noun. 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).
KACHINA, noun. A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
KACHINA, noun. A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
Dictionary definition
KACHINA, noun. A masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit.
KACHINA, noun. A deified spirit of the Pueblo people.
KACHINA, noun. A carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.