Citations:kachina

English citations of kachina

1982, Tony Hillerman, The Dark Wind, New York City: Harper & Row, published 2002, →ISBN, page 15:
Very soon it will be time for the kachinas to leave this Earth Surface World and go back to their home in the San Francisco Peaks.
1982, Tony Hillerman, op. cit., page 59:
An old dark-stained bookcase along the wall away from the windows held a few books and a gallery of kachina figures. Chee recognized Masaw, the guardian spirit of this Fourth World of the Hopis, and the god of fire and death, and the lord of Hell.

1982, Tony Hillerman, op. cit., page 59:
Chee recognized Masaw, the guardian spirit of this Fourth World of the Hopis, and the god of fire and death, and the lord of Hell. It was a beautiful job, almost a foot tall and probably worth a thousand dollars. Most of the other kachinas were also Hopi, but the Zuni Shalako figures were there, and the Zuni Longhorn spirit, and two grotesque members of the Mudhead fraternity.