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OpenURL  Rent from DeepDyve Rent from DeepDyve  The Cosmic Cross
and the Artisans of Mexico  From: Journal of the Southwest
Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 2012 pp. 373-397 |
10.1353/jsw.2012.0020   In the beginning there was but one being
in the lower world, Sûs-sistinnako, a spider. At that time there
were no other animals, birds, reptiles, or any living creature
but the spider. He drew a line of meal from north to south and
crossed it midway from east to west; and he placed two little
parcels north of the cross line, one on either side of the line
running north and south. These parcels were very valuable and
precious [they contained the seed of the twin mothers of
humankind and all their creatures], but the people do not know
to this day of what they consisted; no one ever knew but the
creator, Sûs-sistinnako. After placing the parcels in position,
Sûs-sistinnako sat down on the west side of the line running
north and south of the cross line, and beg