A
detail that is
interesting but frequently omitted from descriptions of Kokopelli (especially in those
amazingly-
sappy-
reactionary-
let's-celebrate-diversity Native-Americans-were-highly-
advanced-and-
peaceful-
environmentalists classes you get in
elementary school and
middle school in the USA) is that he supposedly had a
permanent erection. Many of the
petroglyphs depicting Kokopelli in
Arizona (the
Sedona area) sport this important feature. Surprisingly, very little of the quasi-
hippie artwork peddled in
Sedona depicts Kokopelli in this anatomically correct state.
Purportedly, Catholic missionaries to Arizona long ago strongly discouraged this depiction of Kokopelli (the ol' rascal), which puzzled the Hopi, as they didn't consider sex to be indecent, but only absurd. The attitude of the Catholic Church is, of course, unsurprising.
Several businesses in Sedona are named after Kokopelli; most of them seem to be fancy tourist accomodations. In Sedona, Kokopelli is everywhere -- even if you tried, you wouldn't be able to count the number of times you see the hunchbacked, flute-playing pseudodeity on your trip there.