kachina

noun

1. any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals by masked dancers.
2. a Hopi religious ritual at which such masked dancers perform.
3. a masked dancer impersonating such a spirit at a Hopi religious ritual.
4. kachina doll.

noun

1. any of the supernatural beings believed by the Hopi Indians to be the ancestors of living humans