KOKOPELLI ORIGINATED IN MEXICO AS WELL AS IN SOUTHWESTERN TRIBES. ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND PEOPLE MIGRATED TO EVERY CORNER OF THE EARTH BEFORE THEY FOUND THE FOURTH WORLD, WHICH BECAME THEIR FINAL HOME. LED BY LOCUS-LIKE INSECT PEOPLE, A GROUP OF HOPI PEOPLE CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. AT THE TOP THEY MET AN EAGLE, HE CLUTCHED TWO ARROWS IN HIS CLAWS. HE LOOKED AT TWO MAHUS CARRYING A FLUTE. EAGLE TOLD THEM THAT THEY COULD ONLY LIVE THERE IF THEY PASSED TWO TESTS THAT HE WOULD GIVE THEM.
EAGLE SAID I'M GOING TO POKE YOU IN THE EYE WITH THESE ARROWS. IF YOU DO NOT CLOSE YOUR EYES YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW YOU MAY LIVE HERE.
THE NEXT TEST IS MUCH HARDER AND I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN PASS IT. HE SHOT HIS BOW INTO THE MAHU'S BODY (KOKOPELLI). HE APPEARED UNHARMED EAGLE WAS AMAZED AT HIS POWER. HE BEGAN PLAYING TENDER FLUTE MUSIC. THE FLUTES SOOTHING NOTES LIFTED THEIR SPIRITS AND HEALED THEIR WOUNDED BODIES.
THE LOCUST MAHAS WERE GIVEN THE NAME KOKOPELLI , THE HUMPEDBACK FLUTE PLAYER. KOKO MEANS STICK AND PILUA MEANS HUMP IN THE HOPI LANGUAGE.
WHEN PEOPLE WERE SAD PEOPLE WOULD COME TO PLAY HIS FLUTE, SING, AND DANCE. AFTER MANY YEAYS HE BEGAN TO BE A KATCHINA.
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