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The symbol originated with the Indians of Zia [pronounce it "tSEE-ah"] Pueblo (Indian village) in ancient times. The symbol has sacred meaning to the Zia. Four is a sacred number which symbolizes the Circle of Life: four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four sacred obligations. The circle binds the four elements of four together.
The symbol originated with the Indians of Zia [pronounce it "tSEE-ah"] Pueblo (Indian village) in ancient times. The symbol has sacred meaning to the Zia. Four is a sacred number which symbolizes the Circle of Life: four winds, four seasons, four directions, and four sacred obligations. The circle binds the four elements of four together.
Zia is the name
of an Indian Pueblo located 35 miles northwest of Albuquerque, NM.
The Zia pueblo
in NM is situated in the steep mountains slopes and canyons of the Sierra
Nacimiento Mountains. The gently sloping flood plain of the Jemez River, and the
large Pajarito and Jemez Plateaus establish the setting for the Zia Indian
Reservation.
The picture also contains the famous Kokopelli fertility deity, usually depicted as a humpbacked flute player (often with a huge phallus and feathers or antenna-like protrusions on his head), who has been venerated by some Native American cultures in the Southwestern United States.
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