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In the neighbourhood of Danzig the person who cuts the last ears of corn makes them into a doll, which is called the Corn-mother or the Old Woman and is brought home on the last waggon. In some parts of Holstein the last sheaf is dressed in women's clothes and called the Corn-mother. It is carried home on the last waggon, and then thoroughly ...
A kachina can represent anything in the natural world or cosmos, from a revered ancestor to an element, a location, a quality, a natural phenomenon, or a concept; there may be kachinas for the sun, stars, thunderstorms, wind, corn, insects, as well as many other concepts. Kachinas are understood as having human-like relationships: families such ...
Feldgeister ('field spirits'; singular: Feldgeist) or Korndämonen ('corn demons'; singular: Korndämon) are corn spirits in German folklore. Feldgeister are often also wind spirits, [1] causing lightning and rain. [2] Numerous Feldgeister are known in German folklore, some shaped as animals, some in human form.
It may possibly be related to the tradition of watering the Corn Mother, who made crops grow and was represented in the form of a doll or wreath made from corn. This would be symbolically drenched in water and kept over the winter until its grain was mixed with the seed corn in the spring to ensure a successful harvest.
Chicomecōātl. Chicōmecōātl, as depicted in the Codex Borgia. In Aztec mythology, Chicōmecōātl [t͡ʃikoːmeˈkoːaːt͡ɬ] "Seven Serpent", was the Aztec goddess of agriculture during the Middle Culture period. [1] She is sometimes called "goddess of nourishment", a goddess of plenty and the female aspect of maize.
Hopi mythology. Hopi water jar with image of a Kachina, 1890. The Hopi maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries. However, it is difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe. Like the oral traditions of many other societies, Hopi mythology is not always told consistently and each ...
Hopi Kachina figure. Hopi katsina figures (Hopi language: tithu or katsintithu), also known as kachina dolls, are figures carved, typically from cottonwood root, by Hopi people to instruct young girls and new brides about katsinas or katsinam, the immortal beings that bring rain, control other aspects of the natural world and society, and act ...
The making of corn husk dolls was adopted by early European settlers in the United States. [11] Early settlers also made rag dolls and carved wooden dolls, called Pennywoods . [ 12 ] La última muñeca , or "the last doll", is a tradition of the Quinceañera , the celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday in parts of Latin America .