Badger (south)—healers, aggressiveness,
perseverance
Bear (west)—healer, strength, introspection
Buffalo—strength,
endurance to rise above one’s weaknesses
Butterfly--Butterfly
directs the medicine man to ingredients that can be
used in medicine. The Butterfly Kachina brings
together unmarried men and women. During the
butterfly social dance they appear as a pair, one
female and one male.
Deer—abundance in the natural world
Eagle (zenith or sky)—spirit, a connection to
the Divine
Hawk—see things differently, Change
Owl—wise, smart, patient, the unseen
Raven—healer
Snake—a force in life, death and rebirth
Wolf (east)—teacher, pathfinder on the
journey of survival, family