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spiritsoftheworld:

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kontextmaschine:

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Kokopelli\u2019s got a weird place in American culture. Pretty much unique among pre-Colombian divinities, the mainstream makes a point of keeping his name and symbolism alive\u2026 as kind of a lazy, vague symbol of \u201cThe Desert Southwest\u201d.

\n\nLike, if you rule out bare crosses and only count crucifixes with the actual body of Christ, I might have seen more public depictions of Kokopelli than any other god in America, and I could not tell you a single Kokopelli story.\n

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\nWhat\u2019s Kokopelli known for? Well, I\u2019ve got a vague sense he\u2019s a trickster, and I guess he plays the flute. \u201cOh, like the flutist tricksters Pan or the Pied Piper?\u201d Fuuuuuuck if I know, dude.

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Kokopelli is the fertility God. He plays his flute and pregnants woman as the land gets its harvest!

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