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Re: three sisters
Ruby Rohrlich (rohrlich@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU)
Sat, 30 Sep 1995 00:56:43 -0400
describe the three food staples,also the women were the farmers and very
influential politically as well as economically. Ruby Rohrlich
On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Juan C. Garelli wrote:
> > The term "three sisters" is one of several colloquial terms (such as
> > "tres
> > Marias") used to designate the triad of subsistence staples used in the
> > prehistoric and
> > historic American southwest, maize, beans, and squash. I do not know the
> > exact
> > origin of the word
>
> As a matter of fact, terms like "Three Sisters" or in its Spanish
> rendering, "Tres Hermanas" and "Tres Marias" are deeply embedded in
> the spirit of Spanish Ecclesiestical indoctrinating missions, whereby
> all goods were tought of as a boon sent from Holy Heaven. The three
> sisters touched upon refer to the three nuns of divine fortune which
> helped humans survive. As for the "Tres Marias", they are related to
> the three stars that form Centurion belt, which stood for a blessing
> to sailors in times of the Conquest.
>
> HTH, J.C.
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