Polik-mana

Polik-mana or Butterfly Maiden is a kachina, or spirit being, in Hopi mythology.

She is represented by a woman dancer at the yearly Butterfly Dance, a traditional initiation rite for Hopi girls.

The rite takes place in late summer, before the harvest, to give thanks to Polik-mana for her spring dance.

[1] Hopi girls participating in the Butterfly Dance wear ornate headdresses called kopatsoki.

[2] The Polik-mana Mons, a mountain on Venus, is named for the Butterfly Maiden.