Strong resemblances exist between the origin-legends of all the different Pueblo tribes, though each has its own variants. There is almost total absence of intimate studies of the Ácoma tradition, such as have been made with elaborate care and detail for both the Hopi and the Zuñi. It is not possible to set forth any origin or religious myths as positively or exclusively those of the Ácomas, yet since they, like the people of Sía, only seventy miles away, both belong to the Keresan nation, we feel something like assurance in assuming that the Ácoma legends must be closely similar[177] to those described in the distinguished researches of Sía. To all Pueblo Indians the world was flat and round, like a great disk. Before there was any life, the All-Father existed alone in the Somewhere, and immemorial darkness covered all space. This primal All-Father “thought outward into space” until mists finally penetrated the thick and universal blackness, and the Middle Place appeared, guarded by Six Warriors. In some legends, a god named Po-shai-an-ki-a is identical with the All-Father, whereas in others he is only an early culture hero, giver of domestic animals and of wealth. In the larger number of legends the Spider—Sussistinnaka[178]—is the All-Father, sometimes spoken of as a male, and in other tribes as a female, deity. In Sía myths, however, the spider is the first living creature of the underworld, dominating the actions of all other beings. The creation of light follows that of the Middle Place, and the sun becomes not only an emanation from the All-Father, but the Supreme Being himself,[179] and Mother Earth is his complement. The Pueblo world is divided into six regions, each having its centre in a spring somewhere in the heart of a great mountain, on whose summit is a gigantic tree. I combine the phrasing of the myths of two Keresan pueblos to make more clear these six “points of the compass,” as we call them.[180] Each of them has its especial color-symbol, which, however, is not uniformly assigned by all tribes. Tree Region Guardian Warrior 1. Mountain of the North Spruce Barren Plains Long Tail (_Mountain Lion_) 2. Mountain of the West Pine Home of Waters Clumsy Foot (_Bear_) 3. Mountain of the South Oak Place of Beautiful Blackmark-Face Red (_Badger_) 4. Mountain of the East Aspen Home of the Day Hangtail (_Wolf_) 5. Mountain of the Zenith Cedar Home of the High Whitecap (_Eagle_) 6. Mountain of the Nadir Oak Home of the Low _Mole_