Sanctuary for the Human Spirit

According to legend, and before time, the Pueblo Indians lived protected and confined in darkness with only an occasional ray of light. Their world changed, however, when a young woman with a restless soul, called Changing Woman, was impregnated by a ray of light. She was pushed out of the darkness and forced to climb the mesas and hills to find those that could accept her. Her lonely journey ended when she met Spider Woman on the summit of the Sandia Mountains. Spider woman became godmother to Changing Woman’s children, the Twin Warrior Gods, who were born on Sandia Mountain. She and their father the sun taught them the skills they needed to rid the outer universe of its dangers. The Warrior Gods had the rainbow as their bow and lightning was their arrows. The feats of the Twin Heroes enabled the Indians to leave their dark world for the warmth and light of the outer world. The gods continue their vigilance from the mountain tops, and Sandia Mountain remains the home of gods.