The Pima of Arizona
Believe Earth Prophet appeared in the beginning
And He created a spiders web that fragilely stretched far across the nothingness that was

The Cherokee assert that Kanane became a water spider
Who retrieved fire from a hollow sycamore tree
Which grew into an island

The Huaorani of the Amazon
Say that a spider wove an intricate web at the top of a giant Ceiba tree
Which existed first and contained all kinds of life
But later crashed to the ground

The Mohawk claim the spider Takwae
Played a decisive part in the leveling of a cosmic tree
Which had a cord on top that was fastened by a spider
When the spider pulled on the cord the tree toppled over

The Blackfeet of Montana and Alberta
Decree that Spider man spun a web that hung down from the sky

The natives of the Zambesi River
Tell of Nyambe the sun god returning to the sky on a spiders web
But left when the sky tree disintegrated

The Yao of Lake Malawi declare
That the god Mulunga could not climb a tree
So he called a spider and they both went on high

The Rotse of Zambia declare at the order of God
A spider spun a thread which reached the sky
That God then climbed

The Mauri of New Zealand
Allege that Tawhaki appeared in the sky like a man
Clothed himself in lightning at the top of a mountain
Then climbed 10 heavens up a tree
At the top was a spiders web that reached to heaven

The Chorote of Gran Charo
Maintain that Siwalak the spider spun a web when a cosmic rope appeared for all to climb up
Because the chain of arrows was inadequate

The Yoruba of Nigeria
Put forth that in the beginning the world was a watery marsh
Olorun was the owner of the sky
He and other divinities played in the marsh
And came down spider webs that hung like fairy bridges

The Chukchi of northern Siberia
Profess that the Supreme Being in the upper world
Let down a strong rope which was a spiders web

The Kiribati of Micronesia
Contend that Sir Spider the creator sat alone in space
As a cloud that floats on nothingness

The natives of the Marshall Islands
Recall that a seagull formed the dome of the sky
While a spider weaved a web

The Ashanti of Ghana
Say a great spider collected all the wisdom of the world
Put it all in a gourd on his back
And climbed up a cosmic tree to deposit it

As inflowing plasma transforms the aurora borealis into a phenomenon of great intensity
Auroral rays arcs and coronas form a tree like shape

The cosmic axis is a repository of light and plasma
And the intense aurora forms ball lightning that detaches itself

This is the origin of easter eggs
In Persia they roll down a hill colored easter eggs
In Russia they roll down eggs on a sliding board
And in Germany they place colored eggs in a tree!