FEWKEs] SOYOHIM KATCINAS 101 



In liis It'lt hand 'Pawii carries the tlute which is associated with him 

 in certain Ilopi solur myths." 



It will be found that this type of sun s^inbolism is to Ih- easil}' 

 detected in various katcinas of different names which have been men- 

 tioned, and it is more than probable that many of these, possessing the 

 same, or nearly the same, symbolic markings, are sun gods under dif- 

 ferent names. This iiudtitude of sun gods is readily explained by the 

 composite nature of the present Hopi j)eople, for each clan formerly 

 had its own sun god, which, when th(! clan joined Walpi, was added 

 to the existing mythological system. The type; of symbolism has per- 

 sisted, thus revealing their identity. 



KAU 

 (Plate XXXIX) 



This katcina is readil\- recognized by the two iiorns and dependent 

 crest of feathers on the head, the characteristic mouth, and short 

 beard. The two tigures hero given differ from each other in their 

 colors — one Ijcing green, the other yelknv. Both have characteristic 

 triangular s3'mbols on the forehead. 



MUZKIHI 

 (I'latc XXXJX) 



The picture of Muzribi, the Bean katcina, has on each side of the 

 mouth, or snout, the sprouting seed of a bean. The face is bor- 

 dered by yellow and red marginal lines which are continued into the 

 curved markings, representing bean sprouts, on the cheeks. 



There are four horizontally-i)laced feathers on the top of the head, 

 and a bunch of smaller feathers at their attachment. 



(I'hiic XWIXi 



Lefiya, th(^ Flute katcina, as shown in tlu; picture, has a green face 

 with rectangular eyes, the left colored 3^ellow Iwrdercd with black, 

 the right blue with the same colored border. There arc che^'rons of 

 black lines on the cheeks; the mouth is triangular in form. 



Attached to the crown of the head there is an annulet made of 

 corn husk painted green, in which are inserted artificial flowers and 

 feathers. 



Lenj-a wears on the back a tablet made of skin stretched o\cr a 

 rectangular frame, the edge of which is shown on each side of the 



"There are many published pictures of the Hopi symbolic sun disk. Sec Fifteenth Annual Report 

 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1897, pi. civ; American Anthropologist, vol. x, 1897, pi. ir, flgs. 

 36, 37, 40, pi. IV, fig. 112; Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. vi, 1893, pi. i; Proceedings Washington 

 Academy of Science, vol. ii, 1900, pi. x\xn. 



