Nothing else whatsoever was, through the great spaces of ages. Then this Awonawilona conceived within itself, thinking outward into space. Mists and steams potent with growth-power evolved and appeared. Lying together, these two conceived all the men and creatures of the earth. Thus according to the Zuni account Man and all his younger and older brothers came forth again into a new pilgrimage of manifestation along and through the worlds of being that had reappeared as the thought in the mind of Awonawilona, the All-container.
Spirit separates from substance to give scope for evolution.
In their former pilgrimage Grandmother moon had been their mother. For this one, Earth is mother. But Grandmother still helps Mother-earth with her children, still exerts an influence on them. All is in darkness here. It is so dark and narrow that not all can follow, but he fares forth dayward, seeking Sun-father and entreating him to deliver mankind and all creatures below.