MythicHopi Kachinas, ancestor-spirits who mediate between gods and humans
UBMidwayers, invisible planetary ministers who interact with the mortal realm
Midwayers, invisible planetary ministers who interact with the mortal realm = Hopi Kachinas, ancestor-spirits who mediate between gods and humans
The Connection
The UB describes the midwayers as a permanent order of planetary beings, invisible to mortal sight but present and active in human affairs, serving as the continuity-stewards of Urantia across the generations. Hopi cosmology describes the Kachinas as ancestor-spirits who dwell in the San Francisco Peaks, who descend to the mesas during the ceremonial season to dance among the people, and who carry prayers between human and divine realms. The structural match (invisible but present planetary intermediaries who serve as the continuity thread between generations) is precise, even if the cultural expression differs.
UB Citation
UB 77:7-9
Academic Source
Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963); Wright, Kachinas: A Hopi Artist's Documentary (1973)
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
Frank Waters' Book of the Hopi documented the Kachina cosmology as a sophisticated system of spiritual intermediaries, with the Kachinas described as real beings who once lived openly with humans, then withdrew to the mountain when human conduct no longer warranted their visible presence. Barton Wright catalogued the 300+ named Kachinas, each with distinct personalities and functions. The parallel to the UB midwayers (1,111 loyal beings assigned to planetary ministry, who once operated more openly and now work covertly) is direct.
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Fandors, giant passenger birds (last died ~30,000 years ago)
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The corporeal staff of one hundred, teachers of civilization
= Navajo Holy People (Dine'é Diyini), the superhuman teachers who established the Diné way
Red race migration from Asia to the Americas across the Bering land bridge
= Pan-Indigenous origin traditions: emergence from the north, the sea-crossing ancestors