Kokopelli is a fertility deity depicted as a humpbacked flute player, venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States. Like most fertility deities, Kokopelli presides over both agriculture, he is a trickster god and represents the spirit of music. Among the Hopi, Kokopelli distributes them to women, he takes part in rituals relating to marriage, Kokopelli himself is sometimes depicted with a consort, a woman called Kokopelmimi by the Hopi. It is said that Kokopelli can be seen on the full and waning moon, much like the "rabbit on the moon". Kokopelli presides over the reproduction of game animals, for this reason, he is depicted with animal companions such as rams and deer. Other common creatures associated with him include sun-bathing animals such as snakes, or water-loving animals like lizards and insects. In his domain over agriculture, Kokopelli's flute-playing chases away the winter and brings about spring. Many tribes, such as the Zuni associate Kokopelli with the rains.

He appears with Paiyatamu, another flutist, in depictions of maize-grinding ceremonies. Some tribes say he carries babies on his back. In recent years, the emasculated version of Kokopelli has been adopted as a broader symbol of the Southwestern United States as a whole, his image adorns countless items such as T-shirts, ball caps, key-chains, patio decor. A bicycle trail between Grand Junction and Moab, Utah, is now known as the Kokopelli Trail. Kokopelli has been revered since at least the time of the Hohokam and Ancestral Pueblo peoples; the first known images of him appear on Hohokam pottery dated to sometime between 750 and 850 AD. Kokopelli may have been a representation of Aztec traders, known as pochtecas, who may have traveled to this region from northern Mesoamerica; these traders brought their goods in sacks slung across their backs and this sack may have evolved into Kokopelli's familiar hump. These men may have used flutes to announce themselves as friendly as they approached a settlement.

This origin is still in doubt, since the first known images of Kokopelli predate the major era of Mesoamerican-Ancestral Pueblo peoples trade by several hundred years, as well as the Aztec Empire and its pochtecas. There is another story from the Hopi Culture that talks about Kokopele being a hunchbacked member of the village who tricks the village beauty into having sex with him. Many believe that Kokopelli was more than a trader, more an important conveyor of information and trinkets from afar; as a storyteller par excellence Kokopelli had the gift of languages with a formidable repertoire of body-language storytelling skills to complement his many talents. Kokopelli's usual noisy announcement upon arrival secured both the identity, therefore the safety, of his unique presence into a community. Accompanied by an apprentice in his travels and trade, Kokopelli was important in linking distant and diverse communities together. In the South American Andes, the'Ekeko' character functioned in much the same way.

Upon arrival, his banging and clanging of his wares dangling all about his person signaled to all that a night of entertainment and trade of his goods and talismans was at hand. Today, occasional outside visitors may be called or referred to as'Kokopelli' when they bring news and trinkets from the outside world to share with the little pueblos or villages. Another theory is that Kokopelli is an anthropomorphic insect. Many of the earliest depictions of Kokopelli make him insect-like in appearance; the name "Kokopelli" may be a combination of "Koko", another Hopi and Zuni deity, "pelli", the Hopi and Zuni word for the desert robber fly, an insect with a prominent proboscis and a rounded back, noted for its zealous sexual proclivities. A more recent etymology is that Kokopelli means "kachina hump"; because the Hopi were the tribe from whom the Spanish explorers first learned of the god, their name is the one most used. Kokopelli is one of the most recognized figures found in the petroglyphs and pictographs of the Southwest.

The earliest known petroglyph of the figure dates to about 1000 AD. The Spanish missionaries in the area convinced the Hopi craftsmen to omit the phallus from their representations of the figure; as with most kachinas, the Hopi Kokopelli was represented by a human dancer. Kokopelli is a cottonwood sculpture carved today. A similar humpbacked figure is found in artifacts of the Mississippian culture of the United States southeast. Between 1200 to 1400 AD, water vessels were crafted in the shape of a humpbacked woman; these forms may represent a cultural heroine or founding ancestor, may reflect concepts related to the life-giving blessings of water and fertility. The construction of the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1880s brought about the rise of Southwestern Indigenous arts and crafts as commodities; this commodification was the result of the growing tourist industry in the Southwest and the appeal of directly purchasing artwork from Indigenous makers. Kokopelli represents these commercial facets of the Southwest, his humpbacked, flute-playing figure can be found on a variety of merchandise and marketing products.

The commodification of Kokopelli represents cultural appropriation – a single element from a single Indigenous culture is appropriated and misrepresented to stand for an abundance of unique Indigenous nations and identities. The cultural appropriation o

Neil Kannas Wagner is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball for Toronto Blue Jays. Wagner attended Eden Prairie High School in Minnesota, he enrolled at North Dakota State University, where he played college baseball for the North Dakota State Bison and studied biology and chemistry. He left before graduating; the Cleveland Indians selected Wagner in the 21st round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. On May 14, 2010, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics for cash considerations, he was promoted to the majors for the first time by the Athletics on August 30, 2011. On May 28, 2012, Wagner was claimed by the San Diego Padres. Wagner spent most of 2012 with the Triple-A Tucson Padres, he was designated for assignment on August 23, became a free agent on November 3. On November 15, 2012, the Toronto Blue Jays signed Wagner to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training; the deal was announced by the Jays on November 21, 2012.

Wagner began the 2013 season with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He was called up by the Toronto Blue Jays on May 29. Wagner recorded his first career win in a game on June 7 against the Texas Rangers, pitching 1​1⁄3 innings in relief. After posting a 2–3 record with a 3.26 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 20 appearances, Wagner was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo on July 21 to make room on the 25-man roster for Melky Cabrera's return from the disabled list. Wagner was recalled when Cabrera went on the disabled list on August 2, 2013; the Blue Jays optioned Wagner to the Buffalo Bisons on March 14, 2014. He was recalled by the Blue Jays on April 9, 2014, sent back to Buffalo on April 26. After a consultation with Dr. James Andrews on August 12, 2014, it was determined that Wagner would require Tommy John surgery and was expected to miss the rest of the 2014 season as well as the entire 2015 season, he was designated for assignment on September 1, 2014. The following day, Wagner was released. On September 12, Wagner signed a two-year minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, that included an invitation to 2016 spring training.

He was released on August 2, 2017. On August 15, 2017, Wagner signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets, he elected free agency on November 6, 2017, signed with the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball on December 13. He was placed on waivers on September 28, 2018. Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference

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