ALL meanings of kachina
ka·chi·na
K k - noun kachina A deified ancestral spirit in the mythology of Pueblo Indians. 1
- noun kachina any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals by masked dancers. 1
- noun kachina a Hopi religious ritual at which such masked dancers perform. 1
- noun kachina a masked dancer impersonating such a spirit at a Hopi religious ritual. 1
- noun kachina kachina doll. 1
- noun kachina 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). 0
- noun kachina A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being. 0
- noun kachina A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony. 0
- noun kachina any of the supernatural beings believed by the Hopi Indians to be the ancestors of living humans 0
- noun kachina a beneficent spirit, either a minor deity or the spirit of an ancestor 0
- noun kachina a male dancer impersonating such a spirit 0
- noun kachina the mask worn by the dancer 0
- noun kachina a small wooden doll representing the spirit 0