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	Angwusnasomtaka -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In (Click link for more info and facts about Hopi mythology) Hopi mythology, Angwusnasomtaka is a (Click link for more info and facts about kachina) kachina, a spirit represented by a masked (A small replica of a person; used as a toy) doll (also called a kachina).
		She is a wuya, one of the chief kachinas and is considered the mother of all the (Click link for more info and facts about hú) hú and all the kachinas.
		She led the initiation rites for new children, whipping them with (Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America) yucca (An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping) whips.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/An/Angwusnasomtaka.htm (131 words)

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		This one is Yellow Corn Girl who comes in December after the winter solstice and helps to open the kivas and bless the corn during the Soyal ceremony.
		This is Angwusnasomtaka, Crow Mother Kachina, who is important in the initiation of children into the kachina knowledge during the Powamuya (Bean Dance) in February.
		She sometimes carries a bundle of yucca switches which are used on the children by the "whipper kachinas" during the initiation.
	www.santarosa.edu /museum/hopi.htm (1190 words)

	Native American-Kachina Descriptions
		Angwushahai-i, can be a bit confusing for she is Crow Bride on the 3rd Mesa but is known as Crow Mother on the other two mesas.
		Angwusnasomtaka is considered by many Hopi to be the mother of all Kachinas (although not the wife of Eototo).
		Soyok Wuti is a First Mesa Kachina, although she too can and will appear in somewhat altered forms on the 2nd and 3rd Mesas.
	www.snowwowl.com /naartkachinadescriptions.htm (1972 words)

	Angwusnasomtaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		En mitología del hopi, Angwusnasomtaka es un kachina, un alcohol representado por una muñeca enmascarada (también llamada un kachina).
		Ella condujo los rites de la iniciación para los nuevos niños, azotándolos con los azotes de la yuca.
		English version: Angwusnasomtaka Next: Condado De la Montaña, Ohio Up
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/an/Angwusnasomtaka.htm (88 words)

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