Navajo Squash Kachina Doll Meaning

The Squash or Patung Kachina doll is known as the plant Kachina. They bring their own water for planting to ensure a plentiful crop. He is also considered a chief kachina.

The Red Tail Hawk Kachina Meaning

Although rarely seen, the Red Tail Hawk Kachina (also known as a Chief Kachina has many different purposes. This Kachina can be mainly seen in the Pachavu ceremonies. He serves as both hunter and warrior.  The Pachavu ceremony serves as a dramatization of historical events.

Navajo Wolf Kachina Symbolic Meaning

The wolf kachina appears in the mixed dance and the water serpent ceremony. He is a side dancer in the Soyohim dances. The wolf is considered a great pack hunter who helps  and guides the hunters on large combined hunts. After the dances the Wolf is offered cornmeal or ceremonial prayer feathers, so the tribes may learn from him and secure game on their hunt.

The Navajo Warrior Kachina Doll Information and Meaning

The Warrior Kachina is most often seen as a guard during the Powamu and Pachava ceremonies. Occasionally he appears as a warrior against the Clown Kachinas. He also serves as a policeman to oversee the cleaning o f the springs.  The Warrior Kachina is also known as the  Ewior Kachina.

Male Ogre Kachina Doll Information and Meaning

There are many different types of Ogre Kachinas, but they all pretty much the same in their duties at the ceremonies. They demand food from the people, in return they will not take the children away from their parents. They also are the disciplinarians. of the children and adults who do not help with the daily duties of the clan.

Information and Meaning of Navajo Hummingbird Kachina Doll

The Navajo Hummingbird Kachina doll appears during the dances of the Soyohim or Kiva dances. He is very fast Kachina so he may appear as a runner. When he catches a person then he whips him with a yucca whip, if he loses then he gives them a prize.

Navajo Snake Dancer Kachina Doll Folklore

The most popular of all dances. The ritual is for rain making and corn growing. It occurs in late summer at the time the corn needs water the most, which also coincides with the monsoon season. The snake dancer puts a live snake in his mouth and dances with others in the plaza.

The Standing Watermelon Clown Kachina Folklore and Meaning

Navajo Clown Kachina

The clown is the conscience of the people. They provide amusement during pauses in the Kachina Dance or the levity for the seriousness of a major ceremony. The clown Kachina provides lessons in behavior during their performance.

The meaning of the Navajo Antelope Kachina Doll

This Kachina like the deer kachina, helps in the dance for rain and germination of the seed. Also he is a healing Kachina but not as powerful as the Bear or Badger Kachina.

The Navajo Kachina Tsitoto Meaning

Considered one of the Chief Kachinas, he is a bean dancer. Very little is known about this dancer, one story states the he provides his own water at the ceremonies.