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ALL meanings of kachina

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  • 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
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