Editing Diné Bahaneʼ (section)

==== Spider-Woman, Spider-Man and Weaving ====<!--[[String figure#See also]] links directly here.-->
Near {{spell-nv|Tó Ałnáosdlį́į́}}, Crossing of the Waters, lived [[Spider Grandmother|Spider Woman]] and Spider Man. They knew how to weave the fibers of cotton and hemp and other plants. First Woman asked Spider Woman and Spider Man to teach people how to weave the fibers of plants so they would not have to depend on animal skins for clothing.<ref>This story is from Hastiin Tlo'tsi Hee, pp. 37–38</ref>  Cotton seeds were planted, and the cotton was gathered. Spider Man taught the people to shape a little wheel, 3 or 4&nbsp;inches in diameter, and put a slender stick through it to spin the cotton. First Woman said, "You must spin towards your person, not away, as you wish to have the beautiful goods come to you. If you spin away from you, the goods will depart from you." Spider Man named the spindle "{{spell-nv|yódí yił yaʼhote}}," meaning "turning around with the beautiful goods."  Spider Woman said, "No, it shall be called {{spell-nv|nto is yił yaʼhote}}, turning around with the mixed chips."

After they had spun the thread they rolled it into good-sized balls, and brought straight poles and tied them to make a rectangular frame. Spider Man wound the thread on two of the poles from east to west, over and under the poles. Then Spider Man said that the ball of thread should be called "{{spell-nv|yódí yił nasmas aghaaʼ}}," meaning "rolling with the beautiful goods." Spider Woman said, "No, it shall be called {{spell-nv|ntsilí yił nasmas aghaaʼ}}, rolling with the mixed chips."

After the loom was finished the cross poles were erected and other poles placed on the ground to hold the loom frame solidly, and the loom was stretched into place. Spider Man said, "It shall be called {{spell-nv|yótí ilth na daiʼdi}}, raising with the beautiful goods." Spider Woman said, "No, it shall be called {{spell-nv|niltłʼiz na daiʼdi}}, raising with the mixed chips."

There was a notched stick running across, with a notch holding every other thread. Spider Man said, "It will be called {{spell-nv|yódí bił nesłon}}, looping with the beautiful goods." Spider Woman said, "No, it shall be called {{spell-nv|niltłʼliz bił nesłon}}, looping with the mixed chips." Then they used a narrow stick about two and a half feet long, and wound the yarn or thread over it, and where there is no design they ran it along.  That was given the same name as the ball of thread.  They used the wide flat stick for tapping down the thread.  Spider Man said, "It shall be called {{spell-nv|yódí naʼygolte}};" but Spider Woman said, "It shall be called {{spell-nv|niltłʼiz naʼygolte}}."

Spider Man then said, "Now you know all that I have named for you. It is yours to work with and to use following your own wishes. But from now on when a baby girl is born to your tribe you shall go and find a spider web woven at the mouth of some hole; you must take it and rub it on the baby's hand and arm. Thus, when she grows up she will weave, and her fingers and arms will not tire from the weaving."