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Katchina vs Kachina - What's the difference?

katchina | kachina | Alternative forms |

Katchina is an alternative form of kachina.


As nouns the difference between katchina and kachina

is that katchina is while kachina is 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).

katchina

English

Noun

(en noun)

    • kachina

    English

    Alternative forms

    * katchina, katcina, katsina

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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).
  • A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
  • A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.