Monday 9 May 2011

kokopelli

Who was Kokopelli? Well, there are many different legends of him, some say he was a fertility god, others claim he was a trickster or a mischief maker, although one of the most noticed features is that he is a hunchback, some people claim it was a sack and that he sold corn, or a quiver for arrows, but a physical deformity is th most agreed upon by archeologists since in that time of prehistoric  Mesoamerica ( central mexico south to present day nicaragua), supernatural powers were usually ascribed to hunchbacks.
The most logical reason for being a hunchback is pott's decease (or tuberculosis of the spine) which causes the vertebrae to collapse, deforming the spine into a curve that might in some cases resemble a hump.
Even if Kokopelli originated from Mesoamerica he still managed to get painted on petroglyphs all the way from Alberta, to central america.

In the picture above and below you can't see any deformity since it's a stuffy which also makes him able to play MTG

Above you can see how Kokopelli terminated Taavi in MTG, in which Taavi attempted to beat the all star champ Kokopelli in one-on-one!

In this picture in Arches national park you see Kokopelli playing his flute in his house , here we found a huge wall filled with little rooms and such but i only included this photo.

Kokopelli's flute is sometimes replaced by a bow or staff, you might even see him skiing or riding a bike, althoung with pott's decease that would not be possible since people with pott's decease usually shuffle their feet when walking in order to not hurt the spine, so if they can't walk properly than i've got a sliiiiiiiight feeling they can't do skill stuuuuuff on skis, or bikes.
written and done and made by LOKI  PLUUUSSS  KOKOPELLI.

3 comments:

  1. Very cute, Loki! See you soon : )

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  2. Yep, it's time to come home Loki! Do you have a fever?

    HeHe!

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  3. It was nice to see Kokopelli getting out and about at Arches National Park. Did you know that Kokopelli owns his own bank in Moab? Go to http://moabbank.com to see.

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