Spider Woman
Hopi · deity · cosmogonic · Recorded classification
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: PöqangwhoyaGrandmother of the elder War Twin, who lives at her house and works mischief and protection at her direction.H. R. Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (Chicago 1905) (secondary)
- ancestor of: PalöngawhoyaGrandmother of the younger War Twin, the Echo, keeper of sound.H. R. Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (Chicago 1905) (secondary)
- companion: SotuknangIn the Waters cosmogony Sotuknang creates Spider Woman as his helper on the First World, to mold the living things.Frank Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Voth, The Traditions of the Hopi (1905) (primary); Waters, Book of the Hopi (1963) (primary)