Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths

Foam-cap

Role: mother of the Twain · First appears: Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men

In Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men, Sun-father impregnated and incubated Foam-cap, who gave birth to the Twain: first Áhaiyuta, called Úanam Éhkona, then Mátsailema, called Úanam Yáluna. They were “Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left.”

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  • Sun-father impregnated Foam-cap, who gave birth to the Twain.(Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men)
    • With: Sun-father the Twain
    • “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower”

Section 5 · The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men

  • child: Áhaiyuta “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left, like to question and answer in deciding and doing.”
  • child: Mátsailema “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left, like to question and answer in deciding and doing.”
  • child: the Twain “With his beam he impregnated and with his heat incubated the Foam-cap, whereupon she gave birth to Úanam Achi Píahkoa, the Beloved Twain who descended; first, Úanam Éhkona, the Beloved Preceder, then Úanam Yáluna, the Beloved Follower, Twin brothers of Light, yet Elder and Younger, the Right and the Left, like to question and answer in deciding and doing.”

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