White Corn Maiden
Tewa Pueblos · deity · Tewa Pueblos traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
White Corn Maiden, called 'near to Ice,' is one of the two primordial Corn Mothers who existed with humankind in the underworld at Sipofene before the emergence. She is the mother of the Winter moiety, the cold half of the dual Tewa cosmos, standing opposite Blue Corn Woman, mother of the Summer people. The Winter chief governs in her name through the frost-bound months. Together the two Corn Mothers embody the seasonal dualism that structures Tewa society, ritual calendar, and worldview, and each moiety's people trace their ultimate origin to her.
Children
Domains
- agriculture
- winter
- origins
Powers
- mothers the Winter moiety
Epithets
- White Corn Maiden, near to Ice — the Winter MotherOrtiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 13. (secondary)
Relations
- companion: Blue Corn WomanThe two paired First Mothers of the Tewa, Winter and Summer.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 13-16. (secondary)
- child: Towa eCo-mother of the Towa e.Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 16-18. (secondary)
Sources
- White Corn Maiden, near to Ice, is one of the two Corn Mothers of the Tewa and the mother of the Winter moiety.: Ortiz, Alfonso. 1969. The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 13-18. (secondary)