Kokopelli is a mythical god and a trickster to Native Americans in both North and South America. He is especially well known in the Southwest. He is seen as a dancer in the Pueblos. He can cause disease or on the other hand cure you. He has been around since prehistoric times. I recorded a Kokopelli rock art symbol on the buttes at Tempe, Arizona. At the time there had been no other symbols of Kokopelli found in the Hohokam area.
If you look at Hohokam pottery books you can see that he is always disguised as a beetle or humpbacked flute player. And he is phallic on some rock art and on pottery. He functioned as a Kachina in many Southwestern tribes. He could bring fertility to women and his humped back was filled with charms to bring more rain and fertility to the crops - which was very important in the desert Southwest.
He is certainly well known in many cultures of North and South America. The Hohokam believed he functioned as an evil and powerfully good God. This is very similar to the belief of Coyote in North American tribes. Keep a look out for him in your life.
Monday, March 30, 2009
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