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In Hopi mythology, "Spider Grandmother" (Hopi Kokyangwuti) [1] [3] also called "Gogyeng Sowuhti" among many other names can take the shape of an old, or timeless woman or the shape of a common spider in many Hopi stories.
The Hopi were led on their migrations by various signs, or were helped along by Spider Woman. Eventually, the Hopi clans finished their prescribed migrations and were led to their current location in northeastern Arizona. Most Hopi traditions have it that they were given their land by Masauwu, the Spirit of Death and Master of the Fourth World.
[4] She asked Lois Weaver and Josephine Mofsie Tarrant for personal stories and created a piece combining Weaver's dream of making love to Jesus, Tarrant's story about the Hopi Goddess, the Spider Woman, and Miguel's story about the Sun Dance ceremony. Determined to connect their stories together, Miguel engaged in the process of storyweaving ...
Muriel Miguel is a founder of the Native American Theatre Ensemble at La MaMa. [5] She is a choreographer, play writer, actor, educator, and Two-spirit woman. She gathered a diverse group of women including both of her sisters Gloria Miguel and Lisa Mayo, thus creating the Spiderwoman theater. [2] She also taught theater at Bard College.
Tyra Naha (or Tyra Naha-Black, or Tyra Naha Tawawina [1]) represents the 4th generation in a family of well-known Hopi potters. She is a Native American potter from the Hopi Tribe of Arizona in the Southwest United States. While she is currently not as well known as her famous elders, she is technically nicely proficient.
Thought Woman (Keresan Tsichtinako, Tse-che-nako, Sussistanako) is a mythological woman or goddess from the origin story of the Acoma Pueblo Indians. [ 1 ] Her name was avoided outside of sacred ceremonies, and she would be referred to as Old Spider Woman instead.
Kiss of the Spider Woman / U.S.A. (Director and Screenwriter: Bill Condon, Producers: Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen) –– Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a ...
Bird goddess – Vinca figures of a woman with a bird head. Cuca - A creature from Brazilian folklore and female counterpart of the Coco that is depicted as a witch with the head of an alligator. It will catch and eat children that disobey their parents. Gamayun – A Russian creature portrayed with the head of a woman and the body of a bird.