Spider Grandmother and Corn Mother by Max Dashu
"Creation stories of Arizona and New Mexico praise Spider Woman. The Keres peoples call her Tse-itsi’nako, Thought Woman, who brought everything into being through the power of her mind. The Hopi remember her as Kokyangwuhti, who chanted the creation song over the Earth’s twin poles, setting in order stability and circulation. She created all living beings from earth and her own saliva, then spun shining webs of creative wisdom over them and inspirited them with her chant. In some traditions, old Spider Woman causes the Corn Mother -- or her daughters -- to emerge from the underworld, and they enliven all beings by singing over their images. Corn Mother emerges from the Sipapu, the opening of the womb of Mother Earth."
(Copyright 2000 Max Dashu)
Max Dashu is well known for her amazing art and her life long scholarship that has become her "Suppressed Histories" work. Visit her site and prepare to become enchanted by the world of the Goddess: Suppressed Histories Archives, http://www.
Here is Max Dashu's "Wisdom Scroll" (for the New Millenium):
http://users.lmi.net/maxdashu/deasophy/wisdom.html
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