Kokopelli
deity Hopi single tradition · 1
Among the Hopi, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women. He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and is sometimes depicted with a consort. Kokopelli also presides over the reproduction of game animals, and his flute-playing chases away the winter and brings about spring.
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Koko
- consort of
- Kokopelmimi
- allied with
- Paiyatamu
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Kokopelli has been revered since at least the time of the Hohokam, Quechan, and Ancestral Puebloans. The first known images of him appear on Hohokam pottery dated to sometime between 750 and 850. Kokopelli may originally have been a representation of pochtecas, Aztec traders”
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