The petroglyph is not the katsina and the katsina is not a mascot
Resonance
Farmers musicians those who keep the hopi protocol
Symbols
The fluteThe humpbackThe petroglyphThe seedsThe rain
Mythology Summary
Kokopelli is a Hopi katsina, a spirit being in the Hopi katsinam, the humpbacked flute player associated with fertility, rain and agriculture. He also appears among the Zuni and other Pueblos, and the flute-player petroglyphs of the Southwest are widespread and not all Kokopelli. The figure was popularised in the late twentieth century as a decorative 'Southwest' motif, which is not the Hopi tradition. The katsinam are not costumes or mascots.
Modern Practice
Kokopelli is kept in Hopi ceremony, and the public practice is respect for the katsinam rather than a borrowed ritual. Corn, corn pollen, tobacco and music are the offerings, and the flute is the figure's, not a New Age instrument. The Hopi cultural property rules govern what may be shared.