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kachina
Definition: a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit
kachina
Definition: a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
kachina
Definition: a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift
Definition: 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).