Grandmother Spider
First Woman is Grandmother Spider. She birthed herself from the Void. It took a long time, a long, long time. It took eons of time. For She had nothing to work with except the Power of Her Own Thought. She Dreamed Her Thought into substance and as soon as She was born She
began to spin.
She Wove the Sacred Spiral upon whigh the Universe was born. Stars hung like Dew Drops on a Spider's Web in the Morn.
As soon as She finished, she traveled back to the Center, to the Vortex, to the Place where She was born. And She began to Dance. She took the Sacred Rattles and Four Sacred Bundles out of Her Pouch. She Dreamed Herself four Daughters, one Black, one Red, one Brown, one White. She placed one Daughter on each Bundle and Danced and Dreamed and Thought them Alive.
Grandmother Spider and Her four Daughters Dreamed the Earth. When It was ready the Daughters came to Earth to Live. They became the Mothers of the first Human Families and the Sacred Grandmothers of the Four Directions.
A long time passed. Grandmother Spider grew lonely for Her Children. She came to Earth as Thought Woman. After wandering the Earth She decided to make a Home. She built Her Lodge in the Forest near a Meadow where a Shaman and his Apprentice lived.
She and the Apprentice became Lovers and together they had many Children. Eventually, a drought came over the land and there was nothing to eat. Thought Woman's Children were crying because they were hungry.
She went to the Shaman and his apprentice and said "You must kill me so my children will not go hungry." At first they refused because they had both grown to Love her.
She wandered around with Tears in Her Eyes looking for something for Her Children to eat. When She was sure She could find nothing She insisted "Kill me. It's the only way I'll ever be happy again."
When they finally agreed, She instructed them in how it was to be done. First they prepared a field by removing the rocks, and larger plants. Then they used their digging sticks to rough up the surface of the soil. Next they cut Thought Woman's Heart from Her Chest and planted it to
the West of the field. Then the dragged Her Body across the field until all the Flesh was worn from Her Bones. Last, they planted Her Bones to the East of the Field.
When they were finished, the Thunder Beings came to mourn her passing. Their tears made the Land Fertile, Green and Magic.
Trom Thought Woman's Heart grew the first Oak Tree. It had Acorns of many kinds. From Thought Woman's Flesh grew Corn of many colors. And from Thought Woman's Bones grew the Sacred Herbs for Healing and Ritual. Along with the special Sacred Hervs to burn when
we want Her to hear our Dreams.
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