cornmeal

Encyclopedia Article

Article

In many indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, cornmeal is used as a prayer offering. In Zuni culture, for example, the meal is sprinkled over corn planted at each of the four cardinal directions. Before leaving to plant, a husband and his water container will be sprinkled with meal to symbolize the blessings of rain.

Photo Credit: 

 
"Cornmeal and water" by Nora Kuby is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.

Term Type: