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Noun

1. 1
   A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
2. 2
   a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift wordnet
3. 3
   A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
4. 4
   a deified spirit of the Pueblo people wordnet
5. 5
   A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

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6. 6
   a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit wordnet

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katsina

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi katsina.