the Maidens of the Dew

Role: sisters of the Maidens of Corn · First appears: Section 63 · The Finding of Paíyatuma, and His Custom of the Flute

Life events

Paíyatuma brought forth seven maidens like the Maidens of Corn but taller and fainter, whom he called their sisters; clouds flowed from their wands as they danced.(Section 63 · The Finding of Paíyatuma, and His Custom of the Flute · 📍 Cavern of the Rainbow)
- With: Paíyatuma
- “Following him, lo, and behold! came seven maidens beauteous like to the Maidens of Corn, but taller and fainter of form. Like to them also in costume, yet differing somewhat in the hue of the mantles they wore. And in their hands they carried, not tablets of the sun, moon, and each her star with cross symbol of the Corn priests above them, but, verily, wands of cottonwood from the branchlets and buds of which tiny clouds flowed forth.”
Paíyatuma came down the river with his Flute people, his singers and the maidens of the Flute dance; the fathers greeted him, and the Maidens of the Dew danced the Flute dance, white clouds coming from their wands.(Section 65 · The Coming of Paíyatuma and His Dance of the Flute)
- With: Paíyatuma
- “soon came Paíyatuma followed by his Flute people and singers and maidens of the Flute dance.”

siblings with the Maidens of Corn “These be the sisters of our Maidens of Corn, of the House of the Stars, seen these too, as they, so these more faintly, as, when above are seen the stars of the House of Seven, others seven are seen below in the waters.”

Extracted from the original text of Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths. Made with Rho MD.