Other flying animals, like bats and insects, are depicted on Sikyatki
pottery, but not as constantly as birds. The spider, and insects like the
dragon fly, moth, and butterfly, are the most common. In Hopi mythology
the spider[28] and the sun are associated, the former being the symbol of
an earth goddess. Although no design that can be referred to the spider
has yet been found on Sikyatki pottery, it is not wanting from Hopi (pl.
87, _c_).
The symbol of the dragon fly, which occurs on several bowls from ancient
Hopi ruins, is a line often enlarged at one end to form a head, and
always with two crossbars near this enlargement to indicate wings. As
this insect lives near springs and is constantly associated in modern
symbolism with water it is probable that its occurrence on ancient Hopi
pottery has practically the same significance as in modern conceptions.