1012 ZUNI KATCINAS [eth. ann. 47 



This seems entirely inconsistent with the emphatically gentle 

 character of Kokokci, whose very name means the good or gentle 

 katcina. Stevenson has mistaken the position of Kokokci in the 

 mythology. The Kokokci are the lost children translated, and are 

 in no way connected with primordial incest. 



A Hopi myth of Tckawaina mana explains the peculiar headdress 

 which is the same as that worn by this Hopi impersonation. Tcak- 

 waina mana was a rude, ill-mannered girl who always wanted to do 

 the work of men. She would not do women's work. One day when 

 all the men had gone to their fields her mother was dressing her hair 

 in the fashion of Hopi maidens. As her mother was winding the 

 nair over the hoop used as support, a party of Navaho raiders fell 

 upon the village. Tcakwaina mana jumped up, her hair undone, 

 seized her brothers' bows and arrows, and rushed out. She killed 

 the enemy and took their scalps and thus saved her people. There- 

 fore, the people love her, and therefore, she always comes with her 

 hair half down. 



(The name Tcakwaina mana was given at the formal adoption 

 into the Asa clan of Sitcumovi to a white girl who rode horseback, 

 wore knickers, and went among men unescorted, "because she is 

 strong like Tcakwaina." It was a very dubious comphment.) 



DANCES OF THE WINTER AND SUMMER SERIES 



Ko'Kokci (The Good or Beautiful Katcina) 

 (Plate 35, a) 



Costume. — The mask covers only the face and has a long beard. 

 His hair is open. On top yellow parrot feathers, three downy eagle 

 feathers hanging down the back. "These are to make the clouds 

 come." 



His body is painted with pink clay from the Sacred Lake. He 

 wears embroidered kilt, white fringed belt, and red woven felt, fo.x 

 skin. He wears spruce in his belt and carries spruce in his hands. 

 He goes barefoot, with anklets of spruce. On the right leg he has a 

 turtle-shell rattle and behind that a rattle of deer hoofs. The turtles 

 are caught every four years in the Sacred Lake, and their rumbling 

 makes the thunder come. 



"Kokokci never makes people frightened or angry. He is always 

 happy and gentle, and he dances to make the world green. They call 

 the rains, and no matter how hard it rains they keep on dancing. 

 They come all the time, summer and winter, and in summer they 

 make the pleasant days. That is why they are called Kokokci. 



"During the war with the Kanakwe they were the only ones who 

 did not fight. They never fight, because they are always kind and 

 gentle." 



