Kokopelli Bringing The Rains
by Ellen Levinson
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Title
Kokopelli Bringing The Rains
Artist
Ellen Levinson
Medium
Painting - Watercolor Mixed Media
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Kokopelli Bringing the Rain is my depiction of the legendary humpbacked flute player and Kachina,healer,prankster and storyteller and symbol of fertility playing his enchanting music to the squash,corn and bean seeds he has sown from his sack. The spring rains are called down from the sky.In this work Kokopelli's sack contains the seeds pf squash,corn,and beans,rain clouds and Indian blankets for the maidens.As a symbol of fertility,Kokopelli not only brings fertility to the maidens of the villages but also causes the sacred crops, essential to the survival of the villages, to flourish.According to one legend, when Kokopelli's (Kokopele,Kokopilau) music is heard the villagers would come out and dance and sing throughout the night and come the morning all the maidens would be with child. He is said to travel from one village to another bringing the change of seasons from winter to spring.In doing so he caused the snow to melt and the rains to come and nourish the land thus ensuring a successful harvest.
Kokopelli (Koko =wooden+pilau=hump from the Hopi) translates to wooden hump, or the humpbacked flute player.He is also referred to as the "Casanova of the Cliff Dwellers" and by the Navajo as the "God of Harvest and Plenty".The images we are used to seeing of Kokopelli are copied from Hopi art which was derived from the ancient glyphs of the Anasazi (dating back over 3000 years) found carved and painted on walls and boulders all over the Southwestern United States.
The magical music from Kokopelli's flute is believed to bring good dreams into reality, and also to promote creativity.
"Many different legends exist about what Kokopelli actually carried in his sack. In Pueblo myths, he carried seeds, babies, and blankets to offer the maidens he seduced. According to the Navajo, his hump was made of clouds filled with seeds and rainbows. In the Hopi village of Oraibi, they believe he carried deer skin shirts and moccasins which he used to barter for brides or babies which he left with the young women. Others believe that Kokopelli's sack contained the seeds of all the plants and flowers of the world, which he scattered every Spring"
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/kokopelli.htm
(c) 2014 Ellen Lynn Levinson (Ellyn)
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