Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Hopi kachina having a hunchback and an enlarged phallus and associated with fertility.
  • noun A figure of a flute player, often depicted as a hunchback and originally appearing in Southwestern rock art and pottery.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hopi kookopölö, hunchbacked Hopi kachina, humpbacked species of robber fly (later applied by non-Hopi anthropologists to images of flute players common in Southwestern rock art) : kooko-, of unknown meaning (perhaps akin to Zuni kokko, kachina) + pölö, lump, hump.]

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  • Of course, the mysterious man is named Kokopelli, which is also the name of a Hopi deity that serves the role of trickster.

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  • Of course, the mysterious man is named Kokopelli, which is also the name of a Hopi deity that serves the role of trickster.

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  • It's too early to really tell how the series is going to turn out as a whole, but aside from some slight disappointments such as Kokopelli sounding more like a dazed and fuzzy old man than the cool and detached personality I had imagined, this was a solid beginning to a series that will hopefully break the trend of Gonzo manga adaptations.

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