Spider Woman and Spider Man dwell together as husband and wife among the Holy People. Spider Man constructed the first loom from sky and earth cords, sun rays, and rock crystal, and Spider Woman used it to teach the Navajo the art of weaving.
Spider Woman sheltered Monster Slayer and Born for Water at Spider Rock and gave the Hero Twins life feathers and sacred charms to protect them on the perilous road to the Sun Father's house.
Spider Woman dwells atop Spider Rock, the towering sandstone spire in Canyon de Chelly, where the white streaks of mineral deposit on its summit are said to be the bleached bones of disobedient children she has carried there.
The Diyin Dine'é (Holy People) are the supernatural beings of Navajo tradition who created the world, guided the people through the underworlds to the Glittering World, and taught the ceremonial ways that maintain hózhó (harmony).
The Monster Slaying tells how Monster Slayer and Born for Water journeyed to Sun Father for lightning bolts and flint armor, guided by Spider Woman, then destroyed the Anaye terrorizing the people in the newly emerged world.
Spider Woman told the Hero Twins the secrets of Sun Father's turquoise house — the four deadly trials he would set and the life feathers that would shield them — so that when they stood before their father, they answered every test and proved themselves his sons.
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