952 DESIGNS ON HOPI POTTERY [BTH. ANN. 33 
of B being represented by the appendage on the right of C. There 
are other remote likenesses between them. 
Sper anv Insects 
Other flying animals, like bats and insects, are depicted on Sik- 
yatki pottery, but not as constantly as birds. The spider, and 
insects like the dragon fly, moth, and butterfly, are the most common. 
In Hopi mythology the spider? and the sun are associated, the 
former being the symbol of an earth goddess. Although no design 
that can be referred to the spider has yet been found on Sikyatki 
pottery, it is not wanting from Hopi (pl. 87, ec). 
The symbol of the dragon fly, which occurs on several bowls from 
ancient Hopi ruins, is a line often enlarged at one end to form a 
head, and always with two crossbars near this enlargement to indi- 
cate wings. As this insect lives near springs and is constantly asso- 
ciated in modern symbolism with water it is probable that its occur- 
rence on ancient Hopi pottery has practically the same significance 
as in modern conceptions. 
Burrerrty anp Morn 
Five typical figures that may be referred to the butterfly or moth 
occur on Sikyatki pottery. These figures have in common a trian- 
gular body which suggests a highly 
conventionalized picture of a bird. 
Their wings are, as a rule, ex- 
tended horizontally, assuming the 
attitude of moths while at rest, 
there being only one of the five 
examples where wings are folded 
above the back, the normal position 
of these organs in a_ butterfly. 
With one exception, all these con- 
ventional butterfly figures bear 
two curved rows of dots on the 
head, probably intended to repre- 
sent antenne. 
Bot BERTH OER gee) The figure of a moth in figure 79 
has a body of triangular form, 
and the extremities of the wings are shown on each side of a medially 
placed backward-extending projection, which is the posterior end 
1The Kokyan, or Spider, clan is not made much of in Hopi legends gathered at Walpi, 
but Kokyanwiigti, the Spider woman, is an important supernatural in the earliest my- 
thologies, especially those of the Snake people. She was the mentor of the Snake youth 
in his journey to the underworld and an offering at her shrine is made in the Oraibi 
Snake dance. The picture of the spider with that of the sun suggests that the Spider 
woman is a form of the earth goddess. No personation of Spider woman has been seen 
by the author in the various ceremonies he has witnessed. 
