# Tusayan katcinas

Author: Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930

Genre: Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71003

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tusayan+katcinas+Fewkes&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In their use of the word Katcina[2] the Hopi or Moki apply the term to supernatural beings impersonated by men wearing masks or by statuettes in imitation of the same. The dances in which the former appear are likewise called by the same name which with the orthography “Cachena” is used in descriptions of these dances in the valley of the upper Rio Grande. The present use of the term among the Tusayan Indians leads me to consider it as almost a synonym of a supernatural being of subordinate rank to the great deities. Ancestral worship plays a not inconspicuous part in the Hopi conception of a Katcina.

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tusayan-katcinas-71003/chapters/9/index.md)