Kokopelli

spirit · United States · North America

Flute-Playing Fertility Deity across Southwest. Different names: Hopi 'Kokopelli' (possibly 'kachina hump'), Zuni 'Ololowishkya,' Tewa 'Neopkwai'i.' Appears in petroglyphs 3,000+ years old. Humpback with flute - may be sack of seeds/trade goods OR insect-like (robber fly connection). Fertility: brings seeds, makes women pregnant, ensures abundant crops. Weather: flute playing Chases Winter, Brings Spring and Rain. Trading: traveling merchant carrying corn in hump. Trickster: playful mischief. May have enormous phallus (fertility symbolism). Associated with snakes, insects, water animals. Hopi:

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