Masau or Masau'u is a Hopi kachina of the Earth and controls the soil and the Underworld. He is also known as the god of death. He controls the dead moving into the Underworld, and the Kachinas emergence into the world through the kivas. Masau only travels at night, by firelight.
| Hopi mythology | |
|---|---|
| Main Gods | God of the Spring (Aholi) • Spirit of Plants (Angak China Mana) • Spirit of Weather (Eototo) • War Spirit (Hototo) • Spirit of Food (Karwan) • God of Fertility (Kokopelli) • Spirit of Food (Mana) • Spirit of Bees (Momo) • Spirit of Discipline (Nataska) • God of Creation (Sotuknang) • God of Creation (Taiowa) • Sun god (Tawa) |
| Main Goddesses | Goddess of Creation (Huruing Wuhti) • Spider Goddess of Creation (Kokyangwuti) • Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) |
| Ogres | Giant Ogre (Chaveyo) • Black Ogre (Nataska) • Ogre Woman (Soyok Wuhti) • Ogre (Soyok’mana) |
| Guards (Tuwalakum) | Crow Man (Angwus) • Broadface (Wuyak-kuita) • Wupamo (Also a Chief kachina)• Hilili (Also a Whipper kanchina)• Warrior Maiden (He-e-e or He-wuhti) |
| Runners (Wawash) | Fox • Road Runner (Hospoa) • Rattle Runner (Aya) • Red Kilt Runner (Palavitkuna) • Squash (Patung) • Chili Pepper (Tsil) • Sikya Heheya |
| Chiefs (Mongwi) | Wupamo (also a Guard) • Mastop • Aholi • Red Tail Hawk (Palakwayo) |
| Females (Momoyam) | Butterfly Maiden (Palhik Mana) • Corn Maiden (Kachin Mana) • White Corn maiden (Angak Chin Mana or Kocha Mana) • Warrior Maiden (He-e-e or He-wuhti) • Cloud Maiden (Shalako Mana) • Grandmother (Hahai-i Wuhti) |
| Animals (Popkot) | Antelope (Chop/Sowi-ing) • Fox Dancer (Letaiyo) • Great Horned Owl (Mongwu) • White Bear (Hon) • Turkey (Koyona) • Deer Dancer (Sowi-ingwa) • Badger (Honan) • Cow (Wakas) • Buffalo (Mosairu) • White Buffalo (Köcha Mosairu) |
| Laughter | Kwikwilyaqa • Hopi Clowns (Koshari) |
| Other Kachinas | Crow Mother (Angwus-hahai-ie) • Hemis • Masau • Scorpion (Puchkofmoktaka) • Cricket (Susöpa) • Spotted Corn (Avachhoya) • Eagle (Kwahu) • Lizard (Manangya) |