The constellation Orion also has a thin waist. When Orion dominates the winter skies, the ants are deep in their small underground hills. These structures are similar in form to the Hopi kivas, which are subterranean communal prayer chambers. Coincidentally the Sanskrit word
ki means “ant hill” and
va means “dwelling.” Each February inside their kivas the Hopi perform the Bean Sprouting Ceremony, or Bean Dance, called
Powamu. During this time the fires are continuously kept ablaze, turning these structures into superb hot houses. The ritual commemorates a time when the
Anu Sinom taught the Hopi how to sprout beans inside caverns in order to survive.
It is interesting to note that the Babylonian sky god was named
Anu. The Hopi word for “ant” is also
anu, and the Hopi root word
naki means “friends.” Thus, the Hopi
Anu-naki, or “ant friends,” may have been the same as the Sumerian Annunaki—the beings who once came to Earth from the heavens.
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