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A note on this entry Spider Woman is not one figure. The Hopi Kokyangwuti (Spider Grandmother) is a guide, advisor and teacher of weaving in the emergence narratives, and in one widely reprinted telling a co-creator with Tawa; the Dine (Navajo) Na'ashje'ii Asdzai is a helper and protector who taught weaving and aided the Hero Twins, and is not the world's creator. 'Thinking Woman' is the Keresan figure Tsichtinako, whose true name is reserved for ceremony and who is a third, distinct figure. The single 'Native American creator goddess who wove the world into being' is a New Age composite, and the planetary, elemental, zodiacal, tarot and 'patron of' values in this entry are Western occult categories with no Hopi or Dine analogue. Hopi research, publication and recording are formally gated by the Hopi Tribe's Protocol and the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, so the account given here is the tradition's own rather than correspondence data.
Alternate Names Grandmother Spider Spider Grandmother
Gender Expression Feminine
Titles Grandmother Spider Weaver of Reality Creator Grandmother She Who Thinks the World
Domain Creation Weaving reality Wisdom Teaching Trickster wisdom Connection Fate Planetary Correspondence Moon Correspondences Colors Silver Grey Earth tones Web white
Scents Sage Cedar Sweetgrass
Offerings Cornmeal Tobacco Weaving Creative acts Teaching others Honoring connections Respecting spiders Invocation Approach Tone Respectful gratitude to grandmother
Address Grandmother Spider Weaver Creator
Relationship Ancient teacher and creator
Warning Will teach through weaving new reality
Resonance Weavers teachers those who create reality
Symbols Web Spider Loom Corn Mythology Summary Native American creator goddess who wove the world into being. Taught humans to weave, create, think. Trickster wisdom combined with creator power. Represents that reality is woven, that all things are connected, that creation comes from thought made manifest. Grandmother who teaches by showing.
Modern Practice Patron of weavers, creators, teachers, those working with web of connection. Invoked for creation work, understanding interconnection, weaving new realities. Teaches that thought creates reality, that all is connected, that creation is sacred work.
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Every entry that names Spider Woman , grouped by the system it comes from.