Native American Hopi Carved Wind Deity Kachina Dollls (Katsina Dolls)

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Native American Hopi Carved Wind Deity Katsina Dolls by Thomas Collateta (dec. 2018)

The Wind (Yaponcha) is not a Katsina but is a being or myth meant to scare the children. He is disliked and when he appears, which is rarely, people throw stones at him to try to get him to leave so the wind will stop blowing. In the male form he frightens the girls into good behavior; in the female form he frightens the boys into good behavior. It is believed that these beings live in Pueblos at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean (the male) and the Atlantic Ocean (the female). Although they are disliked by the Hopi people for the dust that is stirred up when the wind arrives, it also means that when they leave the rains will come and soak the desert floor. These are wonderful carvings by Tom and we are grateful to have them.