In
Hopi mythology
The Hopi maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries. However, it is difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe. Like the oral traditions of many other societies, Hopi mythology i ...
, Ahöl Mana is a Kachina Mana, a maiden spirit, also called a
kachina
A kachina (; Hopi language, Hopi: ''katsina'' , plural ''katsinim'' ) is a spirit being in the religious beliefs of the Pueblo people, Native Americans in the United States, Native American cultures located in the south-western part of the Unite ...
. She is represented as a standard Kachin Mana; it is because she arrives with
Ahöla
Ahöla, also known as Ahul, is a spirit being, a kachina, embodied by a man, in Hopi religion.
Ahöla is one of the important chief katsinam for First and Second Mesas because he opens the mid-winter Powamu ceremony, sometimes called the bean ...
that she is called Ahöl Mana. During the Powamu ceremony, she goes with Ahöla as he visits various kivas and ceremonial houses. On these visits Ahöl Mana carries a tray with various kinds of seeds.
Sources
* "Kachinas : A Hopi Artist's Documentary." Barton Wright. Seventh Edition. Northland Publishing Company with the
Heard Museum
The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitio ...
. Flagstaff, AZ: 1974.
Spirits
Hopi mythology
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