The story of Maasaw (Masau’u) is a beautiful Hopi legend. He has been described as a man, or being (kachina), who looked like a skeleton. This is similar to the description of the “stick person” (alien), which Cherokee elder John Red Hat said he came to visit. According to Elder Red Hat, the “stick person” claimed to be his father.
Maasaw gave the Hopi instructions and warnings about a way of life that he wanted them to follow. He said that if they followed his path, they would live long and fruitful lives. He wanted them to be humble and live like he did with just a planting stick and seeds. He wanted them to care for and respect the land, to live in harmony with it.
The Hopi lived this way for centuries and prospered. They lived in community and cared for each other. They planted their crops and supported themselves. Sacred rituals were performed daily and the Great Spirit was never lost sight of. He was the embodiment of her daily life.
Then came the white man with Christianity. They trampled on the sacred Hopi way of life and forced them to follow the Christian path, a counterfeit path implemented by the Great Seducer, Satan. Now many Hopi have lost their wonderful and sacred culture, and walk the material path of illusion with Christians who claim to follow Jesus, but do not. See Luke 10:25-28, and other teachings of Jesus in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, on how Jesus wanted us to live, very similar to Maasaw’s instructions. Jesus said something like it would be better to put a millstone around your neck and clothe yourself than to hurt one of the little children. (Luke 17:2) And again in Matthew 23:15, Jesus mentions the hypocrites, who roam sea and land and proselytize, and make the convert more of a son of hell than themselves! What have we done with the beautiful children of the Creator in this land of religious freedom?
Maasaw told the Hopi that he was the first and the last, similar to the scripture in Revelation where the Lord said that He was the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. See rev. 21:6.
It may well be that Maasaw was the spirit of Jesus. When we achieve unity with our heavenly Father, it seems that we are part of the Alpha and the Omega: we have a true Muslim heart. We will be with Him for all eternity, part of the beginning and part of the end. What a wonderful and glorious thought!