Kokopelli

[Aleannah]

Just asking what you all feel the significance of a visit from Kokopelli to be...the other night we were playing golf on the PS2, and my husband heard a flute call...he didnt' say anything at the time. After we were done, we went out to the hot tub (one of my favorite places to meditate) and I heard a flute call...it sounded like it was right over my shoulder...enough so that I sat bolt upright and opened my eyes and started looking around. My husband asked what was up and I told him. He told me he heard a flute earlier and just knew we had to come outside. So, while we were trying to decide what it meant, I moved over to the other side of the hot tub and looked out, and there was the figure of Kokopelli in the trees...so that's who we are assuming came to see us...we were just wondering the significance. I think that he is a very good sign that things are going to be okay and that success is headed our way, which would be wonderful since the past three years have been nothing but a struggle. So I am looking for other opinions as well (I know he's also known for fertility...but there are no little ones on the way) :cool:

[SkySilver]

This is an old thread... It's a shame noone had responded to it. I would like to know myself the significance of the symbol.

However, I wasn't blessed with such an awesome experience as you and your husband had! I think that was great... But I have been feeling drawn to this symbol a lot lately. I don't know why.

I'm curious... Since it has been more than a year since you started this thread... I was wondering if things have been better for you since the experience. If so, I would love to hear of it.

Blessings :)

[Philosophia]

Kokopelli is a fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and antenna-like protrusions on his head), who is worshipped by many Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States.
Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both childbirth and agriculture. He is also a trickster god.
Because of his influence over human sexuality, Kokopelli is often depicted with an inhumanly large phallus. Among the Ho-Chunk, this penis is detachable, and he sometimes leaves it in a river in order to have sex with girls who bathe there.
Among the Hopi, Kokopelli carries unborn children on his back and distributes them to women (for this reason, young girls are often deathly afraid of him). He often takes part in rituals relating to marriage, and Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with a consort, a woman called Kokopelli-mana by the Hohokam and Hopi.
Kokopelli also presides over the reproduction of game animals, and for this reason, he is often depicted with animal companions such as rams and deer. Other common creatures associated with him include sun-bathing animals such as snakes, or water-loving animals like lizards and insects. Because of this, some scholars believe that Kokopelli's flute is actually a blowgun (or started out as one), but this is a minority opinion.
In his domain over agriculture, Kokopelli's fluteplaying chases away the Winter and brings about Spring. Many tribes, such as the Zuni, also associate Kokopelli with the rains. He frequently appears with Paiyatamu, another flautist, in depictions of maize-grinding ceremonies. Some tribes say he carries seeds and babies on his back.
From http://www.crystalinks.com/kokopelli.html

Other links:
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/native_american-mythology.php?deity=KOKOPELLI
http://www.kokopelli.com/whowaskok.html
http://www.drlamay.com/kokopelli.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokopelli
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/kokopelli.htm
http://www.slatestoneart.ca/WhoIsKokopelli.htm
http://phoenix.about.com/od/shoppingandservices/a/kokopelli.htm

[SkySilver]

Kewl, thanks... MM ;)

[Agaliha]

Don't forget this too: kokopelli {God of the Day} (http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=116206&highlight=kokopelli)

[SkySilver]

Yep, I read through that thread also. Thanks for putting all that together! Now that I've read the stories of the Kokopelli, I can definitely see why I've been drawn to it.

:fpeace: