# Eototo

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{{short description|Hopi deity}}
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| name         = Eototo
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'''Eototo''' is a [Wuya](/source/Wuya_(mythology)), one of the major [kachina](/source/kachina) deities of the [Hopi](/source/Hopi) people and the personification of nature. He is the protagonist of the [Powamu](/source/Powamu) ritual.

He is a chief and "father" of the katsinas,<ref name=burke>[http://collections.burkemuseum.org/ethnology/display.php?ID=157521 "Kachina, Eototo."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084422/http://collections.burkemuseum.org/ethnology/display.php?ID=157521 |date=2014-08-19 }} ''Burke Museum.'' Retrieved 22 Jan 2012.</ref> second only to [Angwusnasomtaka](/source/Angwusnasomtaka). He is similar in many ways to [Aztec god](/source/Aztec_mythology) [Ometeotl](/source/Ometeotl), and is considered the bringer of nature gifts. Eototo is said to come from the red land of the south. Every year, he travels north to bring back clouds and rain.

Eototo belongs to the Bear clan<ref name="eo">{{cite web|url=http://www.eototo.net/index.php/the-name|title= The Name Eototo|year=2014|publisher=Eototo|accessdate=August 16, 2014}}</ref> and plays an important roles in the Powamu and Niman ceremonies on First Mesa, as reported by [Jesse Fewkes](/source/Jesse_Walter_Fewkes), and the Powamu on Third Mesa, as documented by H.R. Voth in his "The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony."<ref>Voth, H.R. "The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony". The Stanley McCormick Hopi Expedition. Field Columbian Museum, Anthropological series; vol.3 no.2. (Chicago , IL: Field Columbian Museum, 1901).</ref>

Eototo and Aholi appear together in major rituals on Third Mesa, while Eototo appears independently on First Mesa. Both Kachinam are wuyu or mongkatsinam (chief kachinam). A Hopi legend tells of the close relationship between the two Katsinam. While traveling together they encountered their enemy. Against an overwhelming force, Aholi stayed behind to fight, allowing Eototo to escape. Later in the era of migrations they were reunited. Well aware of Aholi’s loyalty and courage in the face of death, Eototo holds Aholi as his closest friend and ally.<ref>Pecina, Ron and Pecina, Bob. "Hopi Kachinas: History, Legends, and Art". Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-7643-4429-9}};  pp. 40-41.</ref>

The mask that represents Eototo is a sort of white cylinder with a nest of hair on his head. When calling upon clouds to provide rain for crops, Eototo draws cloud symbols in [cornmeal](/source/cornmeal) on the ground.<ref name=burke/>

==Notes==
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==References==
* Pecina, Ron and Pecina, Bob. ‘’Hopi Kachinas: History, Legends, and Art’’. Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-7643-4429-9}};  pp. 40-41.
* Voth, H.R. ‘’The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony’’. The Stanley McCormick Hopi Expedition. Field Columbian Museum, Anthropological series; vol.3 no.2. (Chicago, IL: Field Columbian Museum, 1901).

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