kachina (English, noun)
expansion: kachina (plural kachinas)
expansion: (Pueblo culture)
Senses:
glosses: 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).
glosses: A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
glosses: A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.
Forms:
form: kachinas
tags: plural
form: Kachina
tags: alternative
form: katchina
tags: alternative
form: katcina
tags: alternative
form: Katcina
tags: alternative
form: katsina
tags: alternative