Who is Kokopelli?

For centuries, the image of Kokopelli has appeared on the canyon walls and rocks to the southwest in both petroglyphs and pictographs. His portrait hangs almost as much as its legends. It is usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a large phallus and antenna appendages on the head). Some images gnarled knees and club feet. These physical deformities, along with the donkey and erections are the result of a disease of the pan, a form of tuberculosis.

Who isKokopelli? Kokopelli was the predominant image in the religious landscape of the Southwest, from 500 AD through 1325 AD until the seven new Katsina became the rage. Kokopelli is generally regarded as a revered symbol of fertility deities, nor of many Indian tribes in the south-west. It is also seen as a traveler cheat, to hunt for insects, musician, warrior and mage.

Kokopelli's hump: It 's the thought that some of Kokopelli's humpback whales may have developedfrom a bag that hung over his shoulders. The contents of her purse as well as the legends vary.

Lot of the market: The stock market may have contained articles for trade. This is based on the belief that the first Aztec Kokopelli traders, known as Potchecas, acquired in Meso-America. These vendors will visit the cities of the Mayans and Aztecs, with their goods in bags on their backs. These traders used their flutes to announce themselves when they are approached by aSettlement.

Bag: But more often it is assumed that Kokopelli's sack full of presents. According to a myth bag contained Hopi Kokopelli to leave their children with young women. In San Idelfonso, a village of Pueblo, Kokopelli is thought to be a wandering minstrel with a sack on his back songs, old songs of new jobs. According to Navajo legend, Kokopelli is a god of harvest and plenty. It is believed that his bag was full of clouds or rainbowsSeeds.

The oldest known reference to Kokopelli is the creation myth of the Pueblo people. The people (before they were people) was under the underground, in caves in the Third World. They climbed the ladder and pole was a centipede on a global level through the Sipapu the sunlight of this, the fourth. But the people had forgotten, the seeds need to bring in their new home course. An old, old man volunteered to go back down in the caves of the third world and call theThe seeds they would need. He collected the seeds in a bag, slings it over his shoulder. He climbed back into the sun of this world, the fourth. The old man with his bag of seed on the shoulder is the first known image Kokopelli.

Today Kokopelli: Kokopelli Folklore shows that people were tribal leaders adopted a character from a wide range of products. Its folklore has over the centuries, reflecting the depth of the oral tradition gained. Kokopelli's influence has now spreadBeyond the Four Corners, and is one of the most famous images of today. It can be found on something like clothes, jewelry, furniture, glassware, linens, bags, golf balls, key rings, ceramic tiles, Christmas ornaments and lighters - some hardcore fans also have a tattoo Kokopelli. Kokopelli is used in advertising, his image as a company logo and some companies will be elected him as their mascot. Kokopelli-mania is now occupied jointly by the WebWebsites like Kokopelli Kave.

Powered by a magical Kokopelli has now developed into one of our favorite icons. For over 800 years the image of the humpbacked flute player fed the imagination of people in the Southwest and today his backpack full of seeds still harbors the world.