Hopi Snake Dance Summary
Serpent Symbolism in the Hopi Culture
The story of the snake dance starts with the Hopi hero named Tiyo. Tiyo had gone on a voyage and entered a room in the underworld where people were wearing snake skins. Tiyo was initiated and learned to pray to the rain. After being initiated, he receives two maidens who help the corn grow by singing. Tiyo brings the two maidens to the surface of the earth and the snake woman becomes his wife and the other becomes the bride of the flute youth. Shortly after marriage, Tiyo’s wife gives birth to reptiles and Tiyo flees.
The Hopi snake dance is a plea for agricultural fertility and rain across the dry land. The Hopi snake dance takes place every other august on the Hopi Mesas of Arizona and involves the
The story of the snake dance starts with the Hopi hero named Tiyo. Tiyo had gone on a voyage and entered a room in the underworld where people were wearing snake skins. Tiyo was initiated and learned to pray to the rain. After being initiated, he receives two maidens who help the corn grow by singing. Tiyo brings the two maidens to the surface of the earth and the snake woman becomes his wife and the other becomes the bride of the flute youth. Shortly after marriage, Tiyo’s wife gives birth to reptiles and Tiyo flees.
The Hopi snake dance is a plea for agricultural fertility and rain across the dry land. The Hopi snake dance takes place every other august on the Hopi Mesas of Arizona and involves the