English Dictionary

kachina

/kəˈtʃinə/

noun

(Pueblo culture) 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).

The kachina is a traditional Hopi doll.

意味（1）

(Pueblo culture) 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).

意味（2）

(Pueblo culture) A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.

意味（3）

(Pueblo culture) A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.