Patung

spirit · United States · North America

Not attested as a Hopi or North American being. 'Patung' is the Indonesian word for 'statue' or 'carved figure,' not a Hopi spirit. The record's claim that a carved figure named Patung guards Hopi villages and patrols boundaries at night matches no documented Hopi tradition; kachina figures are carved, but are never called 'patung.'

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