Facts about Blue Kachina

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   Dolls representing the Blue Kachina are traditionally carved from cottonwood root and given to Hopi children to teach them about spiritual beings.

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   Among Hopi kachinas, Blue Kachina is considered one of the more powerful spirit beings and plays a significant role in the kachina religious cycle.

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   Sakwa, the Hopi word for blue-green, gives the Blue Kachina its name and reflects the color's sacred association with the west and water in Hopi cosmology.

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   In Hopi prophecy, the Blue Kachina is linked to a foretold end-times event involving the removal of its mask during a ceremony in a plaza.

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   The Blue Kachina, or Sakwa Kachina, is a spirit figure in Hopi mythology associated with the sky and appearing in ceremonial dances.

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