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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
KoKopelli is: Ancient Hopi Indian God of Powerful Communication and Fertility.
Who is kokopelli (or Kokopilau)? This magical character has held our interest since the first petroglyhs were carved around 3,000 years ago. He predates even Oraibi, the oldest continuous settlement in North America. Hopi legend tells us that upon their entrance onto this, the fourth world, the Hopi people were met by an Eagle who shot an arrow into the two "mahus," insects which carried the power of heat. They immediately began playing such uplifting melodies on their flutes that they healed their own pierced bodies. The Hopi then began their separate migrations and each "mahu" would scatter seeds of fruits and vegetables onto the barren land. Over them, each played his flute to bring warmth and make the seeds grow. His name -- KOKO for wood and Pilau for hump (which was the bag of seeds he always carried)-- was given to him on this long journey. It is said that he draws that heat from the center of the Earth. He has come down to us as the loving spirit of fertility -- of the Earth and humanity. His invisible presence is felt whenever life come forth from seed -- plants or animals.
About Kokopelli
In ancient Indian legend, Kokopelli the flute player was the symbol of happiness and joy. He talked to the wind and the sky. His flute could be heard in the Spring breeze, bringing warmth after the winter cold.
Kokopelli embodies everything pure and spiritual about music. He was also thought of as a fertility god and traveling prankster. He would visit villages playing his flute, carrying his songs on his back. Everyone would sing and dance the night away. In the morning, when he left, the crops were plentiful and all the women were pregnant.
There are many stories of Kokopelli. One is that he is responsible for the end of winter and the coming of spring. Native American legend has it that when the Kokopelli comes playing his flute the Sun comes out, the snow melts, the green grass grows, the birds come out and begin to sing, and all the animals gather around to hear his songs. Kokopelli and his flute bring the Spring out of the Winter.
Kokopelli's female counterpart is Kokopelli Mana.
Trickster
Of course the ancient Greeks were not the only peoples to understand and honor the spirit of the trickster.
In the United States all the many Native American tribes have their own unique versions of the trickster spirit.
One of these tricksters has become quite popularized in recent years.
His name is Kokopelli, the hunchbacked flute player. Another of his other nicknames is the "Casanova of the Cliff Dwellers."
The reasoning behind his nickname is not immediately recognizable from the modern depictions of Kokopelli such as the one here....
It's felt that Kokopelli's image was "cleaned up" over the passing of years due much in part to the influence of the many Catholic priests who came to the American Southwest to Christianize the "heathen" natives.
Kokopelli's hump was said to be full of seeds. These were seeds he scattered on all his journeys, and symbolized the semen of the male principle to be laid to rest in the earth.
Kokopelli's flute music soothed the good earth, and made it ready to receive his seed....
And BTW -- the flute which Kokopelli played was a nose flute. (It all sounds a bit messy to me....)
Another interesting story regarding a Native American trickster comes from the Winnebago tribe.
In this version of the Trickster -- he apparently had a penis which he could detach and send down river to "have his way" with the young maidens who were innocently bathing in the stream.
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