When the Franciscans first arrived at the mission of San Antonio de la Isleta in New Mexico, they heard the Jumano Indians say that they had been evangelized earlier by a woman dressed in blue. The miracle is attributed to Sor Maria Jesus de Agreda, a nun from the Spanish city of Soria, a confidante and friend of Felipe IV, who seemed to possess the gift of bilocation. From this moment (1629) the legend of the Blue Lady became one of the foundational tales of the State of New Mexico. The story is intertwined with some of the pre-Hispanic myths of female imagination. This association persists until the present