On the Trail of Spider Woman: Petroglyphs, Pictographs, and Myths of the Southwest

By Carol Patterson-Rudolph

Book Overview

This book weaves together the stories of tiny elusive Spider Woman as she is mythologised by the Keresan Pueblo, Hopi and Navajo people. Each tribe sees this mythic figure differently, yet there is no... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0941270971
• ISBN13: 9780941270977
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Ancient City Pr
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Spider Woman of Native Americans

Carol did a good research and finished this informational book on Spider Woman myth of Native Americans of different tribes. She spent many pages on the myth story of Spider Woman and how she relates to the historic development of Native Americans of the Southwest. However, on page 83, she put down the Spider Rock at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, which was filmed on location of the 1969 film ”Mackenna’s Gold”. She had quite a few petroglyphs, pictographs, drawings and the interpretations to guide the readers. Also, she included many pages in Symbols and Sign Language which help in understanding the silent communication of rock art creators and readers with a suggested title by LaVan Martineau’s The Rocks Begin to Speak. It is a good information book to explore the Southwest.