The Corn Maiden

The Corn Maiden

oil on canvas 20 by 42"

Carter Holman--Third Phase

From “Sun Chief” the autobiography of a Hopi Indian
My grandfather cautioned me that chickens
are the chosen pets of the Sun god.
”The crowing of the cocks in early morning

is important,” he said.
“The Sun god put them here to wake up the people.
He rings the bell telling the roosters
when to announce the coming of dawn.
They crow four times before daylight.”