Kokopelli

There are literally hundreds of petroglyphs in the South West
of the mysterious Kokopelli, the humbacked flute player.
These carved images have been dated originally back to the 
Anasazi culture as early as 500 A.D. and are seen most
predominately in the Four Corners region of Arizona, 
New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

"A man traveled through this country with a bag of corn seed over
one shoulder. His shadow against the desert looked like a deformity. 
He would stop at every village and teach people how to plant corn.
And then when the sun slipped behind the mesa and the village was asleep,
he would walk through the corn fields playing his flute. The seeds
would flower, pushing themselves up through the red, sandy soil
and follow the high-pitched notes upward. The sun would rise and
the man would be gone, with corn stalks the height of a young girl
shimmering in the morning light. Many of the young women would
complain of a fullness in their bellies. The elders would smile,
knowing they were pregnant. The would look to the southwest
and call him 'Kokopelli'."
-Terry Tempest Williams, "Kokopelli's Return"

Easily identified amongst other images,
there is something archetypal, whimsical, 
and universally appealing about this character.
Although he appears in an amazing variety of forms,
he typically possesses some characteristic traits
that distinguish him. Kokopelli's flute, humped back,
and prominet phallus are his trademarks.
These features and the widely held beliefs that
Kokopelli was a fertility symbol, roving minstrel
or trader, rain priest, hunting magician, trickster,
and seducer of maidens, have contributed to his
popularity. Although much has been written about
Kokopelli, an aura of mystery persists about this
ancient character. He is one of the few prehistoric
deities to have survived in recognizable form
from Anasazi times to the present.
-Dennis Slifer & James Duffield 
"Flute Player Images in Rock Art: Kokopelli