Tsé Ná ashjéé'ii

Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 11 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

Also known as Spider Rock and named for the Holy Spider Woman, an important deity in Navajo mythology. She taught the Navajo how to weave. She must have done a good job because the rugs they weave are very beautiful and expensive.

The monolith stands around 800 feet (244 meters) tall. It's located in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, USA.

Part of The Great American West series.

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Comments (9)

Daniel from Kenmare, United States

seems washed out to me~

11 Aug 2008 5:34am

crystal from Tempe, United States

Amazing view.

11 Aug 2008 5:40am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

wonderful place! great rocks and i like the story! thank you!

11 Aug 2008 6:24am

Veronelle from Lens, France

beautifull hot landscape

11 Aug 2008 10:43am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Beautiful softness about this image. I bet people have tried to climb this.

11 Aug 2008 11:03am

willow from Chelsea, United States

I recently posted a whole series of photos from Arizona. I had one nearly identical to this one that I left out because I couldn't remember the name of the rock. Thanks for the reminder!

11 Aug 2008 1:49pm