Towa e
Tewa Pueblos · numen · Tewa Pueblos traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
The Towa e are the war-spirit brothers of Tewa cosmology, brought into being by the Corn Mothers during the ordering of the world after the emergence. Stationed upon the four flat-topped hills that surround the Tewa homeland, they guard the people and mark the boundary between the settled center and the wild periphery. In the living community their authority is exercised by the War Captains, or Outside Chiefs, who police ceremonies, protect the pueblo, and enforce the injunctions of the Made People. Though usually spoken of as a pair of guardian brothers on each hill, they belong to the wider Pueblo pattern of twin war gods, of which the Zuni Ahayuta are the best-known parallel.
Parentage
- parent: Blue Corn WomanMade by the Summer Corn Mother.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-18. (secondary)
- parent: White Corn MaidenMade by the Winter Corn Mother.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-18. (secondary)
Domains
- war
- protection
- boundaries
Powers
- guards the pueblo from the sacred hills
Relations
- parent: Blue Corn WomanMade by the Summer Corn Mother.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-18. (secondary)
- parent: White Corn MaidenMade by the Winter Corn Mother.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-18. (secondary)
Sources
- The Towa e are war-spirit brothers made by the Corn Mother(s) who dwell on the surrounding hills and are represented among the living by the War Captains or Outside Chiefs.: Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-23, 62-64. (secondary)