Spider Woman

Hopi · deity · cosmogonic · deity

Earth/creation grandmother and benefactor of the Hopi; maker of humankind and grandmother of the War Twins.

Children

Domains

creation of humans
wisdom guidance
earth fertility

Powers

Mold the first people from clay
Guide the people up to the Fourth World
Counsel and rescue people in distress

Relations

ancestor of: Pöqangwhoya
ancestor of: Palöngawhoya
companion: Sotuknang

Sources

Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (1905)
Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963)

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