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54 55</DIV> 56 57 58<p></p> 59<p align="center" class="pageheader1"> 60Spider Woman and the Holy Ones</p> 61</p> 62<p class="narrative2"> 63Traditional stories of our elders were told to teach and entertain the children and 64grandchildren. Legends of the holy people like Spider Woman. She was first to weave 65her web of the universe and taught Din'eh (Navajo) to create beauty in their own 66life and spread the "Beauty Way" teaching of balance within the mind, body, & soul. 67</p> 68<p class="narrative2"> 69In the creation stories of my elders, there are four worlds. Dineh of today live 70in the forth world, known as the "Glittering World". The first world was black, 71where only land, air, water, and language existed. First the spirit holy ones were 72created and than the holy people, this creation was the most important event, 73which took place in the first world. 74</p> 75<p class="narrative2"> 76The second world was known as the blue world of water, air, and land mammals 77were created. The holy ones gave life to Spider Woman & Spider Man. Only their 78inner spirits or souls were made. Their physical bodies were made later to 79contain their spirits, as all animate beings did, when they evolved into 80future worlds. 81</p> 82<p class="narrative2"> 83In the third world the holy ones advised Spider Woman that she had the 84capabilities of weaving a map of the universe and the geometrical patterns 85of the spirit beings in the night sky. At first she did not know what they 86meant, and was not instructed how it should be done, but curiosity became 87her energy and driving force to weave her creations. 88</p> 89<p class="narrative2"> 90On a beautiful day when she was out on the land, exploring and gathering food 91at the same time. She came upon a small young tree, which was just beginning 92to grow. She touched with her right hand and wrapped her fingers around one 93of the branches. When she released her right hand, a string was attached to 94the branch and it was streaming out from the middle of her palm. She was not 95quiet sure what it was, at first. She shook her hand to release the string, 96but it stayed attached to her hand. She thought the strings might detach 97if she kept wrapping it on the branch of the tree. She kept wrapping the 98string around the small extended branch and she became worried when she 99realized that she would run out of space on the first small extended tree branch. 100</p> 101<p class="narrative2"> 102There were so many strings on the small branch that it seamed it would break 103off, and than Spider Woman ran the string to another branch on the same tree. 104After doing this for awhile, she realized she was creating a pattern. 105She started maneuvering and manipulating the strings into various shapes. 106At this particular moment, she knew this was the weaving the holy people 107instructed her to do. Immediately she broke the string with her left hand 108without hesitation. She sat and thought carefully about how to use her 109new gift. For the rest of the day she sat close to the tree and wrapped 110the strings into various patterns on other branches of the small tree. 111</p> 112<p class="narrative2"> 113When she felt comfortable with her gift, she returned home with her gathered 114food and showed her newly acquired skill to her husband, Spider Man. 115After a period of time, Spider Woman began weaving within her home. 116</p> 117<p class="narrative2"> 118The holy people heard about Spider Woman's new talent and came to visit her. 119During the visit the holy ones instructed Spider Man to construct a weaving 120loom and also create the tools used in the various processes of weaving. 121</p> 122<p class="narrative2"> 123Today Dineh (Navajo) men are the key makers of weaving looms and tools. With 124each tool created, a song, and a prayer were made and offered to Spider Man 125to use each time he created the tools, and this gave the tools a sense of 126purpose and unique life. 127</p> 128<p class="narrative2"> 129At this time Spider Woman began to sing the weaving song, given to her by 130the holy ones. The songs are empowering for the textiles, just as they are 131for the weaving tools. 132</p> 133<p class="narrative2"> 134The tools were made from various trees. The weaving fork from the juniper 135tree, used to push the weft down, placing layers upon layers of weft, and 136thus creating a life. The sound of the weaving fork hitting the weft is 137considered the heartbeat sound of the textile. 138</p> 139<p class="narrative2"> 140The weaving loom was made of the main trunk of a young juniper tree, with 141all the branches removed. It is made into two main supporting beam, which 142stand upright on the right and left sides of the loom frame, which 143represents the pillars holding up the sky and keeping the mother earth secure. 144The third beam is placed at the foot or base of the two pillars, which 145represent the earth on which we live. The forth beam is placed at the top, 146and represents the sunbeams and rainbows, protecting mother earth. 147It also represents the sky (atmosphere) and the universe. Dineh men sang 148as they made the tools and weaving looms as instructed by Spider Man and 149Spider Woman, which were created in the forth world, called the "Glittering World". 150The forth world is where human beings were created, in the form of First man and 151First woman and inherited their physical bodies in a place called " Dineh tah ". 152This place is considered to be the center of the world and a sacred place 153to Dineh people. 154</p> 155<p class="narrative2"> 156As children growing up at Spider Rock, Canyon De Chelly and Canyon Del Muerto, 157our grandmother would tell us of mischievous and disobedient children that 158were taken to Spider Woman and woven up in her tight weaving, after Talking 159God had spoken through the wind spirits to instruct Spider Woman on how to 160find and identify the bad little kids. Spider Woman would boil and eat the 161bad little kids, that is why there are white banded streaks at the top of 162Spider Rock, where the bones of the bad children still bleach the rocks to this day. 163</p> 164<p class="narrative2"> 165Today young weavers are instructed to find a spider web in the early morning 166dew glistening with sunlight and sparkles and place the palm of their 167right hand upon the spider's webbing without destroying or damaging the web, 168and the gift of weaving will be transposed into the young weaver's spirit forever. 169</p> 170<p class="narrative2"> 171Story by Adam Teller and Grandma Thompson. 172</p> 173 174<div align="center"> 175<table align="center" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0"> 176<tr> 177 <td align="center" class="phototitle1"><img src="graphics/grandma_thompson.jpg" width="183" height="152" alt="Grandma Thompson" border="0" align=""></td> 178</tr> 179<tr> 180 <td align="center" class="phototitle1">Grandma Thompson</td> 181</tr> 182<tr> 183</tr> 184</table> 185</div> 186 187 188 189<div align="center"> 190<hr width="200" size="3"> 191</div> 192 193<!-- END MAIN PAGE CONTENT --> 194 195<!-- BEGIN FOOTER CODE --> 196<p></p> 197<div align="center"> 198<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" frame="box" rules="all" width="100%"> 199<tr bgcolor="#009999"> 200 <td class="headertext2">canyondechelly.net<br> 201 </td> 202</tr> 203<tr bgcolor="#CD5C5C"> 204 <td class="navtext1"> 205 <a href="tours_4wd.html">4X4 Tours</a> | 206 <a href="tours_hiking.html">Hiking Tours</a> | 207 <a href="story_teller.html">Dineh Stories</a> | 208 <a href="canyon_legends.html">Canyon Legends</a> | 209 <a href="long_walk.html">The Long Walk of the Navajo</a><br> 210 <a href="tours_camping_etc.html">Overnight Camping</a><br> 211 <a href="http://www.antelopehouse.com">Spotted Antelope Designs - Fine Navajo Jewelry</a><br> 212 <a href="index.html">HOME</a> 213 </td> 214</tr> 215<tr bgcolor="#009999"> 216 <td class="headertext2"> 217 <p> 218 Contact: 219 </p> 220 <p> 221 Adam Teller<br> 222 P.O. 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