Spider Woman

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Spider Woman is a crucial deity in Navajo tradition who lives near the Crossing of the Waters. She taught the Navajo people the art of weaving, showing them how to construct a rectangular loom frame with warp and weft. She is a wise helper who protects and guides heroes, including the Hero Twins Monster Slayer and Child of the Water during their dangerous journey to visit their father the Sun. Spider Woman protected them from the Sun's deadly tests including a sweat lodge of stone knives and poi

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