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	Weaving and Spinning Mythology and Folklore- All Fiber Arts
		She was both a goddess of war and a goddess of weaving.
		The weapon by which the Germanic woman was known was the spindle, for the spindle was a tool of great might with which the wise spinner could wreak either weal or long-lasting woe.
		In Norse mythology, the Norns were 3 female deities whose spinning and weaving determined the fates of humans and gods alike.
	www.allfiberarts.com /cs/mythology.htm (306 words)

	Mayan weaving
		- According to Maya Quiche mythology, Ixchel, the Moon Goddess and consort of Itzaman the Sun God, was the patron of weaving.
		She is weaving with the shuttle in her left hand.
		The design of the huipil is a testament of cultural identity and artistic expression as each weaver weaves her own history and philosophy of the universe into the garment.
	www.coloresdelpueblo.org /MayanWeaving.htm (258 words)

	Mythology's Myth*ingLinks: Common Themes -- Weaving Arts & Lore
		I chose instead to consciously accept the situation as a "test," an "initiation." The image I kept getting was of weaving a new pattern of energies around me. I decided to actualize the image by fashioning a makeshift hanging loom out of two thin, fairly straight eucalyptus branches strung with yarn.
		Obviously, not all of these are related to weaving, but because so many are (e.g., feathers, beadwork, quill embroidery), I'm just going to give you the opening URL and let you browse.
		I looked at finger weaving (under "Weaving and Cordage"), cordage, preserving bird feathers and wings, and porcupine quillwork -- and I found each of these essays fascinating in their history and lore, often richly illustrated, always absorbing; a bibliography is provided for each page as well as a list of books you can buy online.
	www.mythinglinks.org /ct~weaving.html (3873 words)

	A Guide to Navajo Rug Weaving Styles from Bair's Indian Trading.
		It's important to note that the Classic Period of Navajo weaving (1840-1863), ended abruptly when the Navajo people were rounded up and imprisoned at Bosque Redondo, Fort Sumner, NM (1863-1868), under the harshest of conditions.
		"Chinle weavings continue in the banded style in earth-tone colors, but their identification by pattern has become difficult at best, as they share many characteristics of Wide Ruins and Crystal textiles." Quoted portion is from, "A Guide to Navajo Weavings," by Kent McManis and Robert Jeffries, published by Treasure Chest Books.
		Though the spellings of this style may change, the pronunciation is essentially the same, "yay beh chay." In these rugs, the figures are always portrayed in profile rather than face forward as in the Ye'ii rugs, and the figures are human dancers representing the Navajo deities rather than being the deities themselves.
	www.bairsindiantradingco.com /Navajo-rug-weaving-styles.htm (2800 words)

	weaving. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Although weaving sprang up independently in different parts of the world and was early known in Europe, its high development there in the Middle Ages was brought about by Eastern influences operating through Muslim and Byzantine channels of culture.
		Variations are produced by the use of groups of yarns, as in basket weave and monk’s cloth, or by alternating fine and coarse yarns to make ribbed and corded fabrics, as the warp-ribbed Bedford cord, piqué, and dimity and the weft-ribbed poplin, rep, and grosgrain.
		The second primary weave, twill, shows a diagonal design made by causing weft threads to interlace two to four warp threads, moving a step to right or left on each pick and capable of variations, such as herringbone and corkscrew designs.
	www.bartleby.com /65/we/weaving.html (841 words)

	Chinese Mythology - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In spite of a rich and varied mythology, China is not renowned as one of the great myth-creating civilizations.
		In one version, the Weaving Maid was the daughter of the Emperor of Heaven and wove brocade clouds to clothe the sky.
		However, the Weaving Maid then neglected her work and so the Emperor of Heaven ordered the Herdboy to return to the east of the Milky Way.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_781534864___0/Chinese_Mythology.html (3327 words)

	IDST 2310 The Fine and Applied Arts in Civilization
		No one knows when or where the weaving process actually began, but as far back as there are relics of civilized life, it is thought that weaving was a part of developing civilizations.
		The weaving could be done by holding the loom in one's lap or by placing the loom on a table.
		The journey through the history of weaving from the discovery of the warp-weighted loom to the present computer-driven loom is an interesting one.
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/ids/fap/weav.html (2974 words)

	Mythology
		Mythology is the handmaid of literature, and literature promotes happiness.
		Some of their children were: Apollo, god of the sun, music and medicine; his twin Diana, goddess of the hunt; Hercules, man of strength; Neptune or Poseidon, god of the ocean; and Minerva goddess of crafting and wisdom (she and the Three Graces wove all the clothes and sails for the gods).
		Even though Greek mythology has been in existence for at least 5,000 years, there are no followers of this ancient religion, even though it has influenced our lives in our language, literature, culture, customs, politics, astronomy, and our calendar.
	www.herbsociety-stu.org /Mythology.htm (3203 words)

	Weaving at AllExperts
		Weaving is an ancient textile art and craft that involves placing two sets of threads or yarn made of fiber called the warp and weft of the loom and turning them into cloth.
		Satin weaves, twill weaves, and plain weaves are the 3 basic types of weaving by which the majority of woven products are formed.
		In general, weaving involves the interlacing of two sets of threads at right angles to each other: the warp and the weft.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/we/weaving.htm (1387 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for weaving
		frame or machine used for weaving ; there is evidence that the loom has been in use since 4400 BC Modern looms are of two types, those with a shuttle (the part that carries the weft through the shed) and those without; the latter draw the weft from a stationary supply.
		Powered looms for spinning and weaving were introduced in the 18th century.
		The bobbin of a sewing machine is a metal cylinder, with a flange at each end, on which the lower thread is wound to be carried through the...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=weaving (886 words)

	Loom Summary
		This is because weaving machines were the first mechanical devices to effectively replace large numbers of skilled workers.
		Weaving is done by intersecting the longitudinal threads, the warp, i.e.
		Looms used for weaving traditional tapestry are classified as haute lisse looms, where the weft is suspended vertically between two rolls, and the basse lisse looms, where the weft extends horizontally between the rolls.
	www.bookrags.com /Loom (2506 words)

	Introduction to the Engsi
		Supposedly hung in the doorway of the yurt, the engsi’s main function was to keep the cold winter wind and summer heat from entering the Turkmen dwelling.
		This evidence overwhelmingly supports the probability the Turkmen also maintained similar religious/cult practices to theirs and the belief weavings, especially archaic period engsi, were a part of that cult is based on that assumption.
		And as the archaic nomadic lifestyle became practiced by fewer and fewer Turkmen and their shaman were replaced by a monotheistic god based religion, the original sacred cult status of these weavings became obliterated, just as their lifestyle would soon become.
	www.weavingartmuseum.org /ex3_engsi.htm (872 words)

	A Picture of Women Weaving in the History
		Weaving was both a domestic and a commercial activity in Ancient Greece.
		Clotho spins the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle, Lachesis measures the length of the thread of life with her rod, and Atropos is the cutter of that thread, determining life’s end.
		She was assisted by four girls between the ages of seven and eleven, the arrephoroi, who lived on the Acropolis for a year while in special service to the goddess.
	www.mansfield.edu /~art/Papyrus2GeoffreyBeadlea_picture_of_women_weaving_in_th.htm (1352 words)

	Introduction to the Engsi
		Supposedly hung in the doorway of the yurt, the engsi’s main function was to keep the cold winter wind and summer heat from entering the Turkmen dwelling.
		This evidence overwhelmingly supports the probability the Turkmen also maintained similar religious/cult practices to theirs and the belief weavings, especially archaic period engsi, were a part of that cult is based on that assumption.
		And as the archaic nomadic lifestyle became practiced by fewer and fewer Turkmen and their shaman were replaced by a monotheistic god based religion, the original sacred cult status of these weavings became obliterated, just as their lifestyle would soon become.
	weavingartmuseum.org /ex3_engsi.htm (872 words)

	Mythology
		In Greek mythology, Hercules slew Hydra, a horrible serpent with many heads that grew back as soon as they were cut off.
		According to Greek mythology, the lyre was invented by Hermes as a child when he strung a tortoise shell.
		Greek mythology associates Sagittarius with Crotus, the son of the goat-god Pan and Eupheme, the nurse of the Muses.
	www.astro-tom.com /getting_started/mythology.htm (5050 words)

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		The monsters of Greek mythology who don't appear prominently in FF enough to warrent their own pages (and yes, I know that my definition of "prominent" is a tad hard to fathom, so sue me :P) For more Greeciness, read up on gorgons, lamias, hydras, chimeras, classical giants, Scylla and Charybdis, bestiary monsters and Cerberus.
		She and her consort Typhon became the parents of a number of monsters; precisely which ones is disputed, but amongst the children attributed to her are the gorgons, the hydra, the chimera, Orthos and Cerberus.
		According to Greek mythology, the harpuiai had the bodies of birds, but the heads and chests of women, and were sent by the gods to punish sinners.
	members.lycos.co.uk /aspara/greek.htm (538 words)

	WEAVING - THE MYTHOLOGY AND THE REALITY
		The ants weaving leaves into nests, raising green flies and fleas for food, capturing a grasshopper, as well as the birth of a Queen ant and a devastating territorial war.
		Once yarn is obtained, the process of weaving on a loom is the same as that for cotton.
		Together, you will begin to be active participants in weaving the gossamer fabric of the new reality that is being birthed, and eventually, if it is your desire, you will be allowed to participate in the creation of the new Golden Galaxy.
	www.greatdreams.com /myth/weaving.html (11817 words)

	Guy Gavriel Kay - Scholarship: "The Unacknowledged Legislators of the World": Songs and Poetry in Guy Gavriel Kay's A ...
		Kay intertwines mythologies and legends of our own world with his creation of Fionavar in order to give his world a certain legitimacy to Fionavar's claim of being the first world.
		The use of elements from Norse mythology give The Fionavar Tapestry much of its structure, for the main focus of two of the three novels is the final battle, or Ragnarok.
		Kay borrowed from our own world's mythologies in order to lend credence to the idea that Fionavar was the first world; the world that all others, our own included, imperfectly reflect.
	www.brightweavings.com /scholarship/weavinglegitimacy.htm (3251 words)

	About Weaving a Life (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Weaving, the interlacing of separate threads into a whole fabric, is a unifying experience.
		The physical act of weaving itself calms and unifies the body’s systems, unlocks energy, relieves stress and brings you into the present moment.
		Weaving is about balance and integration, as you will discover in the thread crossings, vertical and horizontal, one by one integrating every part into a balanced whole.
	www.weavingalife.com /about.html (346 words)

	Neith - Egyptian Mythology - Egyptian Goddess of War (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Egyptian mythology, Neith (also known as Nit, Net and Neit) was the patron deity of Sais, in the Western Delta.
		As a goddess of weaving and the domestic arts, she was a protectress of women and a guardian of marriage, and so Royal woman often named themselves after Neith in her honour.
		In time, her name, which could also be interpreted as meaning water, lead to her being considered as the personification of the primordial waters of creation, in the Ogdoad mythology, and thus the mother of Ra.
	www.egyptiandreams.co.uk /neith.php?osCsid=8c43a75d345666aee72d335731822fd8 (731 words)

	Weaving$
		During that time in the mythology world, in the beginning, they saw to the east a mountain, this white shell mountain, and there were many mountains around it.
		She, beforehand, understands what kind of a rug she will begin to weave, and she will begin to weave--run the wool back and forth, the strands of yarn and the wool, back and forth, and she begins to weave.
		Anna May got well enough to weave, she started that rug again, and she said, "I am going to finish this rug before I die." Troy died while she was still working on the rug.
	www.nau.edu /~cline/speccoll/exhibits/traders/trade/weaving.html (9555 words)

	Weaving Life in the Dine World, Navajo weaver interview
		All of this was given to women as part of weaving along with skillfulness, exercising the hands and fingers, strengthening the back, keeping the posture straight.
		Winnie learned watching her Mother weave and from years and years of practice.
		"My Mother told me if you know how to weave, you will never starve." During her Mother's time every part of the weaving process was done by hand beginning with sheering and cleaning the wool to cording, spinning and dying the wool.
	www.crossingworlds.com /articles/weaving.html (1512 words)

	Arachne
		Not only were her finished products beautiful to look at, but the very act of her weaving was a sight to behold.
		So remarkable were her works that observers often commented that she must have been trained by the very patron goddess of weaving, Athena herself.
		Athena began to weave the scene of her contest with Poseidon for the city of Athens.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/a/arachne.html (502 words)

	Moirae at AllExperts
		In Greek mythology, the white-robed Moirae or Moerae (Greek ÎÎ¿Î¯ÏÎ±Î¹ — the "Apportioners", often called the Fates) were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, "sparing ones", or Fata; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns).
		They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death (and beyond).
		The three witches encountered by Macbeth on the heath, or even Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett's Discworld are loosely based on the Moirae.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mo/moirae.htm (910 words)

	Plate 1 - Exhibition 3
		Design alteration and recombination like these are frequently encountered in Classic period weaving and were indicative of the beginnings of the breakdown in the individual weaving cultures of the Turkmen.
		appears in the same weaving in both a simple and a more complex version, and because it was used on a number of very old main carpets, especially those with multiple major göls, it is believed to be one of the most ancient and archaic.
		The inclusion of additional borders, borders that have been created by simplification, or entirely new ones not associated with the archaic period original or its weaving group, were also flaws of the post-achaic weaving periods.
	www.weavingartmuseum.org /exh3_1.htm (2372 words)

	Characters of Greek Mythology - Word Origins
		As the myth states, a mortal woman by the name of Arachne was famed for her intricate weavings.
		She also bragged that her weaving was superior to Athena's.
		The punishment was truly fit for the crime because Arachne still weaves, only now her threads are a hundred more times delicate than than those she weaves before, yet when people see them, they only sweep them away.
	mythology.tonyarn.com /wordorigins.html (988 words)

	Laima Summary
		In Latvian mythology and Lithuanian mythology, Laima ("luck"; also Laime, Laimas māte) was the personification of fate and of luck, both good and bad.
		She has gifts for the Goddess: towels and woven materials are laid for her, because she weaves the life, she is the spinner.
		In Lithuanian mythology, Laima is not only the goddess of fate, prolificacy and marriage, but also of darkness and light.
	www.bookrags.com /Laima (1452 words)

	Greek Mythology: Arachne, the Spider
		Athena, who was, among other things, the patron goddess of handicrafts, had trained the young maiden in the art of weaving.
		And, to prove she was right, she went so far as to challenge the goddess to a weaving contest.
		Instead, she turned the poor maiden into a spider and sentenced her and her descendents to a life of eternal weaving, while being suspended from a thread.
	www.geocities.com /pelionature/mythology_Arachne.htm (417 words)

	Ancient Egypt: the Mythology
		She was sometimes depicted as a woman wearing the crown of the north and holding either a sceptre or a bow and two arrows.
		At other times she was shown as a woman wearing a shuttle (a tool used in weaving) on her head.
		It is believed that she was originally a goddess of war (due to the bow and arrows imagery) and may have become later a goddess of weaving (when wearing the shuttle).
	www.egyptianmyths.net /neith.htm (298 words)

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