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Podcast: Myth in the Mojave
Episode: Grandmother Spider: A Creation Story
Description: Grandmother Spider is a central figure in the Hopi creation myths. Each of us has a creation myth. Whether we find our myth in religion, mythology, or science, we all adopt a story, a narrative that explains how this world came into being and makes sense to us personally. Our creation myths are very important because they influence our ideas about the meaning and significance of life, and how we should behave while we’re here. Whether or not the creator is masculine or feminine, or a male-female pair, continues to be an important mythological question with far...