Kokopelli: a Humpbacked Flute Player
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Kokopelli is a deity worshipped by many Native American Indian tribes in the Southwest as a fertility god. He is also associated with childbirth, agriculture, music, and magic, and is considered a trickster god. The earliest known images of Kokopelli appear on Hohokam pottery dated between 750 AD and 850 AD. Kokopelli is usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player with a large phallus and antenna-like protrusions on his head, although his likeness can vary greatly.
According to Hopi myth, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women. He is also believed to participate in wedding rituals and is sometimes depicted with a consort, a female figure known as Kokopelli-mana. In San Idelfonso, a Pueblo Village, Kokopelli is seen as a wandering minstrel with a sack of songs on his back who trades old songs for new ones. According to Navajo legend, Kokopelli is a god of harvest and plenty, and his sack is said to be made of clouds Creating Clouds - Frank Kane job is very particular... he creates clouds! He can do it through his C++ library for real-time sky and 3D cloud rendering, used worldwide by scores of games and … ...Read the rest.
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